East side of Cape York, Sol 3040 - 3056 |
East side of Cape York, Sol 3040 - 3056 |
Aug 12 2012, 09:57 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
|
|
|
Aug 12 2012, 10:01 PM
Post
#2
|
|
Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10154 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That looks like the next little crater south of the Creek.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
|
|
Aug 12 2012, 10:06 PM
Post
#3
|
|
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Exactly!
|
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 12:45 PM
Post
#4
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
We're about 800m or half a mile (as Oppy flies) to Botany Bay.
-------------------- |
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 12:51 PM
Post
#5
|
|
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
|
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 12:56 PM
Post
#6
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Cape York seems somehow... diminished. The flashiness of Gale has spoilt me for other parts of Mars!
|
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 01:32 PM
Post
#7
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Re drive direction. I don't know if they are little cliffs or just rocks but some interesting features can be already seens ahead.
-------------------- |
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 02:17 PM
Post
#8
|
|
Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Cape York seems somehow... diminished. The flashiness of Gale has spoilt me for other parts of Mars! One of the reasons Gale was choosen, and I am sure it was a pretty low down on the list reason...., was the shear spectacular scenery Joe Public could get excited about at Gale. Still Endeavour is nice and when we climb up a bit it will get better. |
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 06:19 PM
Post
#9
|
|
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Cape York seems somehow... diminished. The flashiness of Gale has spoilt me for other parts of Mars! 'Diminished'? Hmmm. Tempting maybe to feel that way when we're suddenly faced with a jagged and undulating horizon curving around us, and a towering mountain looming right ahead of us, compared to the gentler hills and slopes of Endeavour. But if you catch yourself feeling that way just remember what Oppy went through to get here. Remember the trials and tribulations she overcame to reach this place. Remember her Lewis and Clark trek across Meridiani, driving from crater to crater, increasingly thick with dust. Then think of the months ahead for Oppy - driving down the flank of Cape York, then rolling off the Cape and across Botany Bay to the foot of Cape Tribulation, and then up...and up... until she's looking down on Endeavour, the crater she was never meant to reach. Then, trust me, the magic of Endeavour will return to you... -------------------- |
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 06:25 PM
Post
#10
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Then too, Opportunity has a fair chance to spot clay minerals before Curiosity.
-------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 06:26 PM
Post
#11
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
^ Yeah! I actually didn't think "diminished" so much as, "It's awesome that we're seeing these two fantastic crater vistas at the same time."
|
|
|
Aug 13 2012, 10:06 PM
Post
#12
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Then, trust me, the magic of Endeavour will return to you... Just a little humour really. Endeavour still has its not inconsiderable charms. I remain rightly astonished that a machine that all good sense told us would spend a few months trundling around around a sports stadium sized patch of one of the flattest places on Mars is now completely outside its landing ellipse and chasing clay minerals in the rim of a 20km crater with more hilliness than her EDL system was deemed suitable for. Long may whichever Martian deities smile on her continue to do so! |
|
|
Aug 14 2012, 02:04 AM
Post
#13
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
And that's a monster-sized MER landing ellipse, not one of those tiny MSL ones!
I love this parting shot of the creek: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol3041 |
|
|
Aug 14 2012, 02:20 AM
Post
#14
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 21-April 12 Member No.: 6382 |
The recent drives seem to really bring out the crater rim. Seems a bit more distinctive then recent Pancam shots. Would be interesting to see the color composites from 3040+ of the area.
-------------------- |
|
|
Aug 14 2012, 07:52 PM
Post
#15
|
|||
Member Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 498 |
I love this parting shot of the creek: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol3041 That's a good one. Here's a x-eye view... and here's one across the crater to show that Endeavour can stand comparison with Gale... |
||
|
|||
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 2nd May 2024 - 11:33 PM |
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |