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Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 1: Site 7 to Waypoint 1, Sol324 [Jul4,'13] to Sol391 [Sep12,'13]
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post Jul 6 2013, 04:30 PM
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http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news?id=news/...nhoff-road-trip

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We have started the long traverse to the base of Mt. Sharp (Aeolis Mons), the long-term goal of the mission! It may take a year to get there, depending on how many interesting features we find along the way. The challenge for the science team will be to identify the most important targets along the way, and to study them without delaying drive progress too much. Today we are planning targeted observations, followed by another drive over the weekend.


wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif smile.gif

Here we go then! Mountain bound! Looks like a new thread may be in order, too.
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post Jul 6 2013, 04:41 PM
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The journey has begun! Time for a new topic. The title and description may change as we get more information about Curiosity's immediate next steps.
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post Jul 6 2013, 07:07 PM
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Nice views Airbag. Those appear to have MC34 (for stereo) counterparts not yet in too! Sweet.

Navcam Stereo Anaglyph of the old Sol 120 and new tracks - taken leaving Shaler Sol 324:




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post Jul 7 2013, 12:18 AM
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It's funny, parts of it look almost traversable from this distance. If there's an actual safe corridor through it would be a serious shortcut; the dune field is not just one giant purgatory, is it? At the very least they're worth a closer look.
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post Jul 7 2013, 12:32 AM
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Not so much of a short cut, because the actual place they want to reach is down there to the west where there's a way through anyway. I dare say they will take a peek at a bit of dune sand on the way through. (And yes, I DO love those Mastcam mosaics)

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post Jul 7 2013, 01:57 PM
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And the Navcam panoramic from Sol 324 smile.gif



"Are we there yet ??" biggrin.gif


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post Jul 7 2013, 02:23 PM
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Very nice - it's going to be exciting to follow this long drive. Here's a circular version of that panorama - or should I say semi-circular? Rocknest is at the top.

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post Jul 8 2013, 03:17 AM
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Nice work Airbag and Ed on the Sol-323 Pan smile.gif

Here is the Sol-325 M34 mosaic of the wheel tracks.
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EDIT: My take on the Sol-323 M100 Dunefield pan.

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post Jul 8 2013, 09:03 AM
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Another Drive. smile.gif





EDIT: Admins I should have posted this and possibly my previous post in the new drive to Mount Sharp thread. Feel free to move this.
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post Jul 8 2013, 09:59 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 7 2013, 03:32 AM) *
Not so much of a short cut, because the actual place they want to reach is down there to the west where there's a way through anyway. I dare say they will take a peek at a bit of dune sand on the way through. (And yes, I DO love those Mastcam mosaics)

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Righto. Just to emphasise Phil's statement as far as how much trekking there's going to be before we strike for the base, here is a CTX annotated image showing the corridor of opportunity.



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post Jul 8 2013, 11:02 AM
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Sol 327 Navcam panoramic. We are on the road for good smile.gif.



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post Jul 8 2013, 11:08 AM
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Nice. The bright area where the old tracks go is Bathurst Inlet, sol 52.

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Ant103's pan in circular form. The rear wheel is touching the south edge of the old track. Incidentally the rear hazcam shows Rocknest, but not very clearly.

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SOL 327 - Hazcam Anaglyhs from the post-drive position, and yup, Rocknest is top center in the rear view, though not much detail is discernible...

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The Sol-327 Chemcam mosaic of the base of Mount Sharp and the dunes. smile.gif. I'll attempt to overlay mastcam color over this next.



EDIT: The chemcam mosaic isn't in this image, but here is the single frame MAHLI image taken on Sol-327 as well.


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