Exploring Murray Ridge, Sol 3600 - 3743 (March 11, 2014 - August 5, 2014) |
Exploring Murray Ridge, Sol 3600 - 3743 (March 11, 2014 - August 5, 2014) |
Apr 5 2014, 06:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 15-August 07 From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Member No.: 3233 |
... From Crumpler's latest post. This anouncement in Crumpler's post is very interesting: "After we take a look at the local outcrops up here on the ridge crest, and maybe drive to the local summit for a good view of the crater, we will start driving south along the west side of the rim." Given the uneven terrain on the Western side of the rim this means for the next few Years Oppy will always be within a few 100m of a North facing slope, which I think is a good decision |
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Apr 5 2014, 11:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
...for the next few Years Oppy will always be within a few 100m of a North facing slope, which I think is a good decision In fact, they shows 3 possible paths in this region, while "next long-term target is about 600 m south along the west side of the crater rim"; however, the 10-26 sol drive time seems optimistic to me (unless they refers only to full, long drive sols!) -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Apr 5 2014, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
But the path in question (path "A") stays away from the rough ridge of Solander and would probably be easy driving like out on the plains (and much easier than our climb up Solander so far). So that drive time sounds realistic, considering how fast we drove from Nobby's Head to Solander.
Of course in practice the limiting factor for the drive time will be the science stops. |
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Apr 7 2014, 12:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
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Apr 7 2014, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1084 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Apr 7 2014, 02:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
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Apr 7 2014, 03:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Thanks a lot Charborob. The view on the plains on the other side of the crater starts to be terrific ! I hope they will image it with the "L7" filter soon to gain more details far away. Thanks again Here is the left filter 7 pan on sol 3625 (the last image on the right is incomplete; I had to adjust the curves to make it more or less match the others). Are there really more details visible? |
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Apr 7 2014, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
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Apr 8 2014, 03:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1043 Joined: 17-February 09 Member No.: 4605 |
An interesting update from A. J. S Rayl.
http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-top...cook-haven.html |
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Apr 8 2014, 11:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Rochester, New York, USA Member No.: 336 |
Is there a map of "the bench" referred to in the above article?
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Apr 8 2014, 01:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1084 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Apr 8 2014, 06:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Is there a map of "the bench" referred to in the above article? I've indicated the bench in this image from Larry Crumpler's April 3 Planetary Society Blog. It is well defined at the north end where Opportunity arrived at Solander Point, but seems to be less well defined to the South. This could be due to some extent to lighting. |
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Apr 8 2014, 07:34 PM
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Apr 8 2014, 10:48 PM
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Apr 9 2014, 05:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
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