(Trying to) Leave WH3 Behind |
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(Trying to) Leave WH3 Behind |
 Jan 24 2009, 09:32 PM
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I wonder if Steve Squyres is still interested in taking another look at Fuzzy Smith. It looks like Spirit will be be passing right by it after mounting Home Plate. Does Fuzzy still hold the record for silica content?
"...loose rocks atop Home Plate include the small, irregularly shaped rock Fuzzy Smith. It has the highest silica content reported to date (May 2007) on the mission. Scientists believe hydrothermal processes "bleached" out the primary elements in the rock, leaving the silica behind." |
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Jan 24 2009, 10:31 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Dust devil on the horizon
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...89P1561L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...89P1561L0M1.JPG near the center moving left to right, flip between images to see |
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Jan 24 2009, 10:34 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Alan, I'm not seeing it. Did you accidentally post the same pair of images? The image IDs are the same.
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Jan 24 2009, 10:47 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The IDs are not the same, somewhere in the middle of the ID, and if you flip there is a VERY faint effect - alan has some kind of freaky super-powers to catch that. It's easier to see above the horizon than below it.
Here's a pic made by subtracting one from the other, cancelling out everything except the DD and noise/JPEG artifacts. The arrows point to the two images of it as it moves. The image subtraction leaves one white and the other black. Phil
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Jan 24 2009, 10:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Its quite subtle, I only noticed it when watching the slideshow in MMB, its the last two navcam subframes from sol 1785
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Jan 25 2009, 12:05 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Whoa! I stand corrected, and in awe of your powers of discernation, Alan.
 Some catch!
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Jan 25 2009, 12:46 AM
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Yikes, that's pretty subtle. I had noticed what looks very much like a devil on 1784. Here's a crop of the navcam view. There's no other frame to see the motion of the devil, but at least this one looks kind of like a dd!
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Jan 25 2009, 08:17 PM
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Well, it's great to finally see Spirit on the move again. Let's hope one or two of those dust devils she's seeing will come on over and give her solar panels a much needed cleaning off. Here''s hoping....
 
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Jan 26 2009, 06:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
I see a couple more in the sol 1799 navcam subframes. The 2009 dustdevil season is underway.
 On another note Spirit, at sol 1801, is now beyond 20x the primary mission. |
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| Guest_Oersted_* |
Jan 26 2009, 11:02 AM
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It is terrible, every time I see the thread title ("Leaving WH3 Behind") I am thinking of Spinal Tap singing "How could I leave this ...behiiiiind" Sorry! http://www.geocities.com/ironwallcoleman/songs/bottom.htm
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Jan 26 2009, 06:13 PM
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That song's probably more relevant to MSL
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Jan 27 2009, 11:07 PM
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QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 26 2009, 11:02 AM)  It is terrible, every time I see the thread title ("Leaving WH3 Behind") I am thinking of Spinal Tap singing "How could I leave this ...behiiiiind" Sorry! But you will need to turn the amplifier up a little bit more past 10 when you play it. This image just in from the OPPY navcam..
Perhaps this will answer important scientific questions, such as "who they were" and "what they were doin' ".. (also.. Sorry!) |
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Jan 27 2009, 11:14 PM
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QUOTE (sci44 @ Jan 27 2009, 11:07 PM) Perhaps this will answer important scientific questions, such as "who they were" and "what they were doin' ".. Nah - that's obviously a natural formation. Nothing to get excited about. |
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Jan 28 2009, 04:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Back to reality...
Did Spirit just have an un-drive? The new pictures look like post-drive imaging, but she didn't seem to move a mm. |
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Jan 28 2009, 06:24 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
Give a gal a break! NavCam view
She came down off HP; didn't like it, and now is headed back up! Next stop Fuzzy Smith!  Hee Ha! ! Big wheel keep on turnin' 
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