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 Sep 22 2007, 09:12 AM
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Yes, that's a great and evocative image jamescanvin!
I must say the dreaded dune on the edge looks wholly unimpressive from here, it barely came above the threads of Oppy's wheels. |
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Sep 22 2007, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
And here is the whole panorama.
I did a little trick in order to get the whole 360º view. There is a missing image on either the left and right channels so I had to mix one from the right eye on this left eye panorama. I wasn't sure about the results but autostitch is a really amasing piece of software. |
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Sep 22 2007, 01:56 PM
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What a time for PCTDB to stop updating...
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Sep 22 2007, 06:33 PM
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Thanks for the pan, Tesheiner. Looking towards Verde there's a little "shelf" which had been visible from atop Verde. Navcam shows it really nicely in 3D:
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Sep 23 2007, 08:28 AM
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Attempted to use Autostitch on the latest navcams... lots of layering here...
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Sep 23 2007, 01:10 PM
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The descent continues...a new SFX image.
Enjoy Astro0
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Sep 23 2007, 06:23 PM
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They should use rendered scenes like that as wallpaper backdrops to all their press conferences!
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Sep 24 2007, 07:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
A quick and dirty stitched and colourised view from Opportunity.
What a view! Enjoy Astro0
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Sep 24 2007, 07:29 AM
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Has everyone managed to come up with flat-field corrections for the horribly dusty optics? Or, dare I say it, are these streak-free pancam mosaics indicative of a major cleaning of those optics?
-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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Sep 24 2007, 07:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
otherDoug, I just used the navcam pics for the image above and then a little Photoshop trickery to clean it up.
I don't know if others agree though, the navcam pics do look a little cleaner....may be my imagination though  Hopefully others are working on a 'real' fix for the dust problem. Astro0 |
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Sep 24 2007, 09:48 AM
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I don't think there has been any improvement in the left pancam - same dust model used here.
Sol 1302 two frame L257 'work volume':
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Sep 24 2007, 10:53 AM
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I'm almost growing to like the slightly low-contrast romantic haze the dust has brought to the 'picture'
Doug |
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Sep 24 2007, 12:11 PM
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Astro0's view of Oppy's current location from Capo Verde seems to show that above and below the white layer are layers which are more resistant to erosion than the white layer. It seems that the undisturbed dune deposits below the white layer and the broken blocks of dune deposits above the white layer stand up to wind erosion much better than the buried "soil" deposits represented by the white layer.
I hope that RAT holes will be drilled in all three layers so that the reasons why the white layer is less resistant than the other two layers will become clear. |
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Sep 24 2007, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Hmm... I'd say just the opposite, Paul. I see the white layer forming a small ledge where Oppy is currently looking at it. The only way a rock layer can form a ledge is if it is *more* resistant to erosion than the layer below it.
-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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Sep 24 2007, 05:28 PM
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Here is the complete view.
Opportunity looking back. Panoramic view taken with the R0 Navcam on Sol 1298. jvandriel
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