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 Jan 16 2008, 05:41 PM
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Any features I can make out in that MI mosaic look like they are just due to the brushing itself. Not that we haven't seen dust movement in MIs before, and definitely not that I would mind some strong wind at Spirit right now...
The real clincher for wind movement would be a pair of MIs, both after brushing, but before and after dust movement. |
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Jan 17 2008, 11:10 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 16 2008, 08:41 PM)  Any features I can make out in that MI mosaic look like they are just due to the brushing itself. Perhaps I have made a rather rash conclusion.(I have a tendency to do so:-) What do the others think though? -------------------- |
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Jan 22 2008, 08:59 AM
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Spirit moved slightly (again) yesterday during sol 1440.
This is the third time this manouver is executed since the settlement at this site and the tilt has increased significally since then. Just check this latest navcam with a similar one taken on sol 1407. If I did my math correctly, Spirit is currently tilted down 24 degrees! Here below is an animated gif (four frames) showing Spirit moving down the slope. 
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Jan 23 2008, 01:01 AM
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The Pancam team's version of the Tuskegee pan
http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_...A_Tuskegee.html |
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Jan 23 2008, 04:25 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 22 2008, 02:59 AM) If I did my math correctly, Spirit is currently tilted down 24 degrees! Is there any recent info as to how much power Spirit is generating? |
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Jan 25 2008, 01:56 AM
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Another winter brings another long-term monitoring campaign of El Dorado. The first set taken from Stroupe's Slide was on sol 1416, the second on 1435. Here's a difference-image, enhanced to show several new streaks. Click through for an unenhanced animation.
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Jan 25 2008, 11:31 AM
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Great animation Slinted!
Judging from the animation 3 DDs past by.....hey, how come those other tracks have not been covered up by the dust from the dust storm. How much dusting does it take to cover up those other tracks? -------------------- |
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Jan 27 2008, 12:47 PM
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Here is a mosaic of 3 images taken on Sol 1435
from the solar deck. A lot of dust. jvandriel
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Jan 27 2008, 12:51 PM
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and added the 2 topimages for a better context.
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Jan 27 2008, 02:59 PM
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Looking at this last image of the dusty solar panels, I can't stop the feeling that Spirit is no longer a terran rover.
In my eyes it has now become a part of Mars. 
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Jan 27 2008, 11:47 PM
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That's quite poetically true.
After all, long after we're gone, he'll still lay there on the martian plain. |
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Jan 28 2008, 03:07 PM
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QUOTE (Gonzz @ Jan 28 2008, 12:47 AM) That's quite poetically true. After all, long after we're gone, he'll still lay there on the martian plain. Spirit is female  . |
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Jan 28 2008, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 28 2008, 10:07 AM) Spirit is female. I was never sure of the argument that because ships are female, rovers are. Rovers have wheels, and I know for a fact that many wheeled vehicles are boys.
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Jan 30 2008, 09:48 AM
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Looking at jvandriel's images one can only wonder just how much good the slope will do when winter sets in. Home plate really does seem to be a depositional environment.
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Jan 30 2008, 04:44 PM
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Hopefully there is not much more dust left in the air to settle out -- or to
block sunlight from the rover. Is the dust level in the sky low by now? |
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