Distant Vistas 2 - The view from Cape Tribulation |
Distant Vistas 2 - The view from Cape Tribulation |
Jan 7 2015, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Congrats to the team! 11 years after landing; well deserved.
Presumably there will be a short stay to make a big panorama? |
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Jan 7 2015, 06:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Hi climber!(From climber)
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Jan 7 2015, 06:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Presumably there will be a short stay to make a big panorama? That's right, according to the new PS update:QUOTE The plans for Opportunity in 2015 remain the same: drive to the summit of Cape Tribulation, take what will probably be another breathtaking panorama from the vista point, and then rove on to Spirit of St. Louis Crater, and just beyond, Marathon Valley. Huge congratulations to the team. What a way to celebrate 11 years! With the opening up of the view to the south, we now have our first good look at Iazu in a long time: |
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Jan 7 2015, 07:23 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 3-May 04 From: mes pieds à Paris, mon coeur dans les Pyrénées, mon esprit dans l'Espace Member No.: 72 |
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Jan 7 2015, 09:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Jan 7 2015, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Jan 7 2015, 11:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Ha! But maybe considering the translation from 11 human years to "rover years", and Oppy's condition, the story would read:
115 year old lady, deaf and suffering from arthritis and dementia, reaches summit walking backwards. |
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Jan 8 2015, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Deaf how? The antennas are working just fine! Maybe the old girls' senses of smell and taste have declined (her spectrometers), but those eyes are as sharp as ever...
Sense of touch too is fine too; the RAT drill is still usable, right? |
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Jan 8 2015, 02:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I guess the analogy strains when pushed a bit too far. But the important point is that it's absolutely incredible that the fiesty old "lady" has made it this far!
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Jan 8 2015, 09:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 30-December 05 Member No.: 628 |
Go, Granny, go!
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Jan 8 2015, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1064 Joined: 17-February 09 Member No.: 4605 |
That's right, according to the new PS update: I have to tip my hat to A.J.S Rayl. Her update/summary is, as always, outstanding. The snippets on Pinnacle Island were particularly interesting, correlated to the identification of other oxygenated material in fractures, with sulphur also evident. I believe that we could assume a dearth of atmospheric oxygen combined with the high probability that alteration took place underground and has subsequently been exposed by erosion. A strong oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) can result from the reaction of anoxic water with iron sulphide (pyrite). For ground water induced alteration this seems a more likely path than photolysis. |
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Jan 9 2015, 12:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
The 360 color Pancam Cape Tribulation pan has begun.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2015-01-08/ |
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Jan 9 2015, 12:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
And it's going to be epic...
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...2M1.JPG?sol3895 |
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Jan 9 2015, 01:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
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Jan 9 2015, 01:58 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
For years now we have been wondering if Victoria crater would be visible from Endeavour. Well, it's too bad about the dusty sky, but if it's ever going to be visible, it will be in this pan. Look for a narrow strip along the horizon ridge. In images taken in the afternoon, the visible far rim (under Cape St. Mary) would be shadowed, so the crater should probably look dark if we see it at all.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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