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 May 21 2007, 11:15 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Spirit might not be moving very much, but the scenery here is fascinating...
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May 22 2007, 03:51 AM
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QUOTE (Analyst @ May 21 2007, 01:23 AM)  Have they made a significant discovery or are there problems? I think it's the former. Remember the high silica stuff?QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 21 2007, 10:30 AM) ...it looks like Spirit made a sort of trench. I haven't been carefully following every little move, but I thought it appeared as if they trenched the Gertrude Weise area, the bright, high silica stuff they've been investigating for a number of sols, now. The APXS reportedly showed 90% non-crystalline silica, meaning it is not simply quartz. Geochemically, you would want to carefully characterize such material in context, since it is an important indication that water was likely involved in its origin in one way or another. This stuff is potentially another important discovery to be added to Spirit's long list.
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May 22 2007, 05:19 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ May 21 2007, 04:15 PM) Spirit might not be moving very much, but the scenery here is fascinating... It is indeed. I don't think we've seen a greater diversity of both rock and soil types at any other location on Mars before...the history of this region must be somethng to behold, if we can decipher it. Steve's probably close to losin' it right now! 
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May 22 2007, 08:42 AM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 22 2007, 04:51 AM) I think it's the former. Remember the high silica stuff? The APXS reportedly showed 90% non-crystalline silica. Yep: Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence of Wetter Past http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-061 |
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May 22 2007, 09:28 AM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 22 2007, 05:51 AM) ... but I thought it appeared as if they trenched the Gertrude Weise area, the bright, high silica stuff they've been investigating for a number of sols, now. Here is a 1x2 navcam mosaic of "Gertrude Weise" and the scuffed area, taken on sol 1201. A 4x3 pancam mosaic (L257R2) of that same area was shot today (sol 1202), but hasn't hit the ground yet.
Now I'm wondering if Spirit will return back again to GW for further investigation of the new trench or will she finally make honor to the name of this thread.  My 2c on the former. |
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May 22 2007, 11:06 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Some more trench views...
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May 22 2007, 12:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Nice colorization, Stu.
 The second one is part of the pancam mosaic I referred on my previous post. Here is what has been downlinked up to now (9 out of 12 pointings), in B&W.
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May 23 2007, 12:14 AM
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Color mosaic from 1202, couple more pointings yet to be downloaded.
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May 23 2007, 02:09 PM
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May 24 2007, 11:58 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 23 2007, 08:09 AM) Well, it looks like I lost my 2c. Spirit is back again on the edge of HP. Umm... can I apply my sol 1205 guess for the "entering Victoria crater" pool to the "return to top of Home Plate" pool?  Brian |
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May 24 2007, 07:07 PM
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Spirit looking around on Sol 1192.
Taken with the R7 Pancam. jvandriel
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May 25 2007, 04:40 AM
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BrianL: I don't see why not...and by doing so, it appears that you win 2 cents from Tesheiner.
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May 26 2007, 05:03 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Some luvverly fine layering...
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May 26 2007, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2820 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
Here is the 360 degree panoramic view taken with the
L0 Navcam on Sol 1203 and Sol 1205. jvandriel
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May 26 2007, 08:30 PM
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... and in polar format...
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