The Top of Vera Rubin Ridge Part 2, Site 67-73, sol 1944-2297, 24 Jan 2018-22 Jan 2019 |
The Top of Vera Rubin Ridge Part 2, Site 67-73, sol 1944-2297, 24 Jan 2018-22 Jan 2019 |
May 23 2018, 04:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Sounds interesting, I wonder if that procedure can be captured by the mast mounted cameras
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May 23 2018, 04:34 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Huge improvement Jan Could be a nice place for a Selfie Just a note, they won't be able to do anything at all with the arm except deliver sample until they've performed as many sample deliveries as they ever plan to with this sample. They have to keep the drill in this orientation in order to keep the drilled sample from wandering to other parts of the chamber. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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May 23 2018, 04:35 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Sounds interesting, I wonder if that procedure can be captured by the mast mounted cameras The cameras have historically not been permitted to watch any sample delivery activities out of fear of dust wafting onto the cameras. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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May 23 2018, 08:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2819 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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May 24 2018, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Thanks Emily, it makes sense to protect the lenses, but I thought I had seen a short MastCam animation of CHIMRA releasing a sample and letting it fall out of frame of the image. Sadly I can't find it, but I think it was several years ago...
Nice RMI mosaic Jan... IT issues are still preventing me from processing images, but I did spot this pair of sol 2059 R-MastCam frames, they appear to capture 'before & after' delivery images of portions of the Duluth powdered rock (reddish) material to the surface of a rock, as mentioned in the recent mission update:- https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...676E01_DXXX.jpg https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...678E01_DXXX.jpg Follow on images are planned to check if the wind moves the material |
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May 24 2018, 03:00 PM
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I thought I had seen a short MastCam animation of CHIMRA releasing a sample and letting it fall out of frame of the image. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs...paign-kuhn.html but that was down near the ground or away from the inlets. I don't think we can see the inlets during sample delivery anyway because the view is blocked. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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May 25 2018, 02:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
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May 25 2018, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
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May 25 2018, 08:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
Thanks Paul!
While browsing ChemCam/RMI pics of early May, I figured out that I didn't colore the Red Cliff mosaic. Here it is: -------------------- |
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May 25 2018, 08:35 PM
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Stunning! Thanks.
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May 26 2018, 06:19 AM
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I enlarged and animated the drilling sequence because I wanted to see all the rivulets and pebbles moving around
gif of 2 frames in the middle of drilling that showed the biggest change. standard ~1:45 between frames Here is the full sequence compressed with .gifv so it isn't a massive file copy/paste this link if imgur is trying to redirect to the .mp4: imgur.com/I9ngLhU.gifv Here is a back/forth of the later frames imgur.com/yB8kwpg.gifv edit: bonus 2056 phobos transit |
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May 26 2018, 08:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
Thanks antcitizen2 for this really nice animations!
Curiosity captured the sunset on sol 2060 with its MastCam 34mm camera. Enjoy the result! -------------------- |
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May 26 2018, 11:22 PM
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antcitizen2's animation shows that even without hammering there is sufficient vibration of the rock to cause the consolidated dust around the base to slip and the rock to shed particles.
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May 27 2018, 04:02 AM
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This image shows where some sample was dumped on the rock near the drill site - I don't do it here, but you can animate before and after pictures taken on sol 2059 to show where the dumped material is. There is very little to see, just scattered particles, not piles of dust as we have seen at other sample dumps.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 27 2018, 06:22 AM
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thanks for pointing it out, it is definitely hard to spot. link to full size
I also tried some more before/after comparisons with the navcam and mastcam. I didn't notice this raft of vein material shifting up front in the previously posted hazcam sequence, but I can see it move gradually when I look again imgur.com/yB8kwpg.gifv R Nav L Nav |
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