Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
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Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
 Sep 19 2010, 09:52 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 19 2010, 10:03 AM)  Santa Maria? At least it is more or less in the correct heading. That looks too far away to me - more like a far rim feature - though I could be misreading the view. When it does appear I'm expecting to see quite a bit of 'parking lot' extending beyond it. |
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Sep 19 2010, 12:48 PM
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My version of the Solander Point mosaic of Endeavour from yestersol.
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Sep 19 2010, 01:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2126 Joined: 9-February 04 From: UK Member No.: 16 |
I agree, it looks like a far rim feature to me and matches the heading of a suitable looking one. I think Santa Maria should appear further to the right, close to the left end of the large range of far rim peaks (4-5) degrees to the right of that feature.
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Sep 19 2010, 08:02 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 19 2010, 10:03 AM) I'm wondering if the dark feature on the left-most image could be ... Santa Maria? I agree with ngunn and James. A few posts ago MoreInput made some identifications on the horizon that I agree with. The line between his regions A and B is I think a near horizon, so there's ground between A and B that we can't see yet because it's below the local horizon. I'd say this has to be the case because Santa Maria is still invisible. That near horizon is much better defined in some L7/R1 images, such as this one: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...1M1.JPG?sol2365 It looks pretty clearly like a near horizon in this image, with the farther area B quite a bit lighter due to dust/haze along the longer line of sight. Because B is so much lighter, it must be much farther than A, so I think it's a big area we can't see. At some point we'll see all of the surface between A and B, including Santa Maria, and that should make a HOAV... |
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Sep 19 2010, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
When Santa Maria does appear it will be big. I estimate that it already subtends an angle of 3 degrees from our current location. If we're a good bit closer when it comes into view it will span a significant fraction of a pancam width.
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Sep 20 2010, 03:13 PM
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Lots of cruddy L6 raws of the farside came down today. Had a bit of a stack and clean-up...
Tiny difference, if any, but I wanted to give it a go. Interested in the light line across that farside crater, which hasn't shown - IIRC - on any other images...
Probably an imaging artefact. Just caught my eye, that's all. Hoping this sequence has been taken so the MER guys can make a hi-resolution version of the view, to be released at the same time as the name of that crater on the far slope. Really is about time they chose a name for that. -------------------- |
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Sep 23 2010, 03:21 PM
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QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Sep 19 2010, 01:48 PM) My version of the Solander Point mosaic of Endeavour from yestersol. Do you mean Solander as in...Solander? 
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Oct 5 2010, 04:55 AM
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 The Insider Group: Members Posts: 628 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
<cough> hey ustrax... are we there yet?
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Oct 5 2010, 05:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
Just read the mer update...it says that hydrated minerals could be seen as close as Santa Maria...how much lower is opportunity downslope at this current position compared to the landing spot at eagle crater?
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Nov 5 2010, 08:25 PM
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Could it be Cape York? I think at least it is on the proper heading.
Original: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...QCP2439L2M1.JPG |
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Nov 6 2010, 02:55 PM
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I think that's a crater on the far rim - check out Canvin's identification here.
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Nov 6 2010, 03:32 PM
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I am beginning to think that Cape York doesn't exist. It's just a large stain on the ground that has us all fooled.
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Nov 23 2010, 09:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2126 Joined: 9-February 04 From: UK Member No.: 16 |
Endeavour on sol 2424:
-------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Jan 2 2011, 10:42 PM
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Any idea of what we are seeing on the horizon ?
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...OXP2365R2M1.JPG I presume that we can't see anymore from this place the SE-Miyamoto rim and especially during the dusty spring. |
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Jan 2 2011, 11:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4499 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Sloughhouse, CA Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 23 2010, 01:00 PM) Endeavour on sol 2424: 5X stretch of James' pan. By my guess-timation that little bump should be about on the heading of Cape York. Not saying it is, but it's in about the right place.
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