The Return to Home Plate |
The Return to Home Plate |
May 27 2007, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2807 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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May 27 2007, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2807 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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May 27 2007, 05:26 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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May 27 2007, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
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May 27 2007, 07:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Great image. Fantastic geology. Don't the rover drivers have any respect, they drive over most exquisite sculptures. Actually, the layered material is quite strong as the furthest track crossed a layered rock with no apparent damage.
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May 27 2007, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Lots of layering. I wonder if they will stick around for awhile to determine if the composition changes between the upper and lower layers. I don't know how effectively Spirit can do that with her RAT worn out. Brushing is good, but it doesn't remove weathering rinds. Might be worth a try, though. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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May 28 2007, 02:28 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Check out the tabular rock to the left of center here. Looks like Spirit knocked off a top layer of the rock (visible on the left side of same), and there was a smear of dark soil in between them (still visible on top of the main rock). VERY interesting...
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May 30 2007, 01:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Here is the L7 panoramic view taken on Sol 1203. jvandriel I wander through these threads with a sense of mystic wonder. How beautiful and evocative all this is. Can imagine myself standing there, looking off to the horizon. The thin, stingingly cold air, whistles over these desert sands, a hollow, lonely song.................. What you folks at UMSF have done, with your expertise and love, is gold. Craig |
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May 30 2007, 02:51 PM
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Let's also thank the good people at JPL who are managing our mission...
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May 30 2007, 08:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
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May 30 2007, 10:45 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10128 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Spirit moved south today, driving along the rocky edge of Home Plate.
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May 31 2007, 12:18 AM
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May 31 2007, 02:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 8-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
Alan, that false-color mosaic from May 27 is flat-out georgous!
All those layers--the pages of a book I would very much like to read. |
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May 31 2007, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
A polar projection made with the latest navcam images (from sol 1210).
I'm wondering if they are planning to study this whole edge of HP in small steps like the last one or will just study this corner and then really enter the bowl. Probably we will have to wait for some fresh news on the next TPS MER Update (should be online today or tomorrow). |
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Jun 1 2007, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Here is what's said on the TPS MER Update:
"We're very slowly climbing up onto Home Plate, and along the way doing remote sensing and IDD measurements of the several different layers that make up the eastern part of this plateau," he added. "We're going to cut across caddy-corner the topographic contours rather than climbing straight up." Depending on what Spirit finds, the rover should be up on top of Home Plate sometime next week or the week after that. From there, it all depends really on what Spirit sees. "The general desire is to stay on top of Home Plate, but follow the outcrop exposures around to the portion that everybody really wants to get to -- the far end or southwestern portion of Home Plate," |
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