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AWESOME!
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Dec 17 2010, 08:46 PM
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And don't forget the front hazcams after gawping over the navcams, they are awesome and just little bit scary at the same time.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...J3P1212L0M1.JPG -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Dec 17 2010, 08:46 PM
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What strikes me about these pictures -- or about my reaction to them -- is that the blueberries strewn across the ground, which seemed so alien not that long ago, now seem so normal.
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Woah I'm staking a claim to this place to open the first Martian sand surfing arena!
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Dec 17 2010, 08:50 PM
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The interior of the crater is not available for Opportunity, the walls are too steep.
-------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
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Dec 17 2010, 08:50 PM
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Steep and deep!
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Dec 17 2010, 08:51 PM
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Beautiful!
Here's a quick mosaic.
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Dec 17 2010, 08:52 PM
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Very very close from the edge indeed!
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Dec 17 2010, 08:52 PM
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Now that's a fine-looking crater
 edit - newer version of pancam panorama moved to post #114 -------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/
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Dec 17 2010, 08:54 PM
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This place is amazing...we have rock layers to study and that ledge on the opposite rim looks like an accessible safe parking space to do just that...sand dunes at the centre bottom of the crater..dark dunes on the side wall...not to mention the ejecta rocks around the crater itself!
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Dec 17 2010, 09:03 PM
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By watching the dunes (the most beautiful variety so far) I can't decide the general wind direction. This is important to find the best place to get a solar panels clean up. I don't expect we'll find a better oppy for a while.
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Dec 17 2010, 09:05 PM
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We may get a wind cleaning event here too....hopefully.
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Dec 17 2010, 09:06 PM
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The darker dunes look like el dorado type at spirits landing site!
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Dec 17 2010, 09:11 PM
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I hope they start a full Pan this weekend. Some of those ejecta-blocks look very interesting. Different from the usual boring
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Dec 17 2010, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Dec 17 2010, 12:52 PM)  If you don't trust your brakes, turn the weels: That's the front right wheel. It's not steer-turned in > 5 years. |
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