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 Dec 30 2005, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 30 2005, 02:11 PM) Doug, can you tell me, from the code: 706 11:41:12 p2534.15. 1 0 0 13 0 13 13 pancam_Seven_Cities_L234567Rall where is Seven Cities located? In the Inner Basin or in the El Dorado area?  This is where the pancam was aiming.
Don't know why they are calling that rock seven cities 
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Dec 30 2005, 10:06 PM
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QUOTE (alan @ Dec 30 2005, 09:42 PM) Don't know why they are calling that rock seven cities Such a small piece of Mars for such a great tale...  http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...opic=1906&st=75 -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 30 2005, 10:21 PM
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Oh yeah, bring on the good stuff for papas new year! I'm betting something good will come up by the turn of newyear
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Dec 30 2005, 10:23 PM
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QUOTE (kanalje @ Dec 30 2005, 10:21 PM) Oh yeah, bring on the good stuff for papas new year! I'm betting something good will come up by the turn of newyear GOLD! GOOOOLD!!!  
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 30 2005, 10:56 PM
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QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 03:19 PM) Here is a 1x2 mosaic of two of the MI images from Spirit today. I think that I have it oriented correctly, although I have no idea exactly where this spot is located in today's hazcam view. The upper part of this pan is the undisturbed ripple surface, the dark slope is the cut from the rover wheel and the material in the lower part is sand churned by the wheel. --Bill Is anyone convinced that the spherical granules are solid mineral grains and not aggregations of dust-sized stuff? I'm waiting for the IDD to come down in its 'squash' maneuver, to see if they flatten, but maybe the wheels tell us here. I'm not sure. I concede that such nice rounded shapes suggest long-range transport, but, if these dark sand fields are a real wind cul-de-sac, maybe things just get rolled up the slope and than roll down again, over and over (a trillion little Sysyphuses at work) until anything would be well rounded, rocks or snowballs. If the ultimate source rock were anywhere nearby, would we see such magnificent sorting ? They look like peas in a pod. (Could the gaps between them act as light traps to produce their low albedo?) It would be nice to map grain size distribution across the whole field, but I fear Winter will not leave us time. AH, MARS! Tantalizing Beauty, So many secrets you hide! -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Dec 31 2005, 02:10 AM
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Slightly OT, but here is an MSNBC article on the rover movie
One itty bitty tidbit from Steve Sqyures: QUOTE "The last three or four weeks with Spirit have been among the most scientifically productive I can imagine," the Cornell University astronomer told me by phone today from his home base in New York.
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Dec 31 2005, 03:56 AM
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All,
Given the amazing uniformity and definition (not to mention beauty) of the El Dorado formation, we're going to get some great ground truth data for the satellite mappers. What could this stuff be ?!?! Glenn |
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Dec 31 2005, 04:17 PM
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Looks like the whole thing is down now, except for part of one frame:
   Here is a "top" view with North approximately "up": 
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Dec 31 2005, 05:13 PM
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Can anyone see any mini-craters? I can't! Or any Gusev-style cracks in the ground...
Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Dec 31 2005, 05:23 PM
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I haven't see any mini-craters up to now around the inner basin (south side of Columbia Hill). Some people tought that around the rough terrain of El Dorado are of mini-craters. About cracks, I think I have see ones around the Commanche rock, the previous waypoint.
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Dec 31 2005, 06:33 PM
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-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 31 2005, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE Can anyone see any mini-craters? I can't! Or any Gusev-style cracks in the ground... We haven't looked at that much area of El Dorado, so we can't say yea or nay on the minicraters. I assume you mean "anatolia" for the fractures, I doubt we'll be seeing _those_ here; wrong lithology. We did see some fractures the other side of Comanche, those likely from an impending slope failure. IMO. --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 31 2005, 06:45 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2149 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 31 2005, 06:46 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 31 2005, 06:45 PM) Quicksand! Mind your step.
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Dec 31 2005, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 31 2005, 08:33 AM)  Wow. They sure don't squash! But I'm still wondering if they are single grains or (hard!) balls of clay. Unbelievable sorting. Roughly 0.23 mm in diameter - every man-jack of them! Clean as hounds' teeth. You've got a beautiful collection of something here, Ustrax! P.S. Don't forget! We're all aching to see you in your "Baby blue undies" tomorrow! We'll want a full 360 degree pan, Autostitched! -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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