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 Nov 22 2005, 05:59 PM
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Spirit has continued moving towards West/NorthWest, probably looking for a safe and efficient route down the basin.
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...QVP0695R0M1.JPG |
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Nov 22 2005, 06:16 PM
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Ahhhh I think we can see why they appeaerd to change direction now, to drive to thid unusual outcrop:
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Nov 22 2005, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 22 2005, 01:16 PM) Ahhhh I think we can see why they appeaerd to change direction now, to drive to thid unusual outcrop: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...QVP1214R0M1.JPG  Indeed a nice rock  , probably of volcanic origin.  Rodolfo |
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Nov 22 2005, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1025 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
A 360 degree panoramic view of Inner Basin.
Taken with the L0 Navcam on Sol 670. jvandriel
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Nov 23 2005, 03:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
Is it me or does it look like if they wanted to, they could get to homeplate tomorrow. This site seeing is great but lets just get there
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Nov 23 2005, 03:55 AM
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QUOTE (jabe @ Nov 23 2005, 02:13 PM) Is it me or does it look like if they wanted to, they could get to homeplate tomorrow. This site seeing is great but lets just get there The Inner Basin looks fasinating to me, I hope we don't rush to Home Plate too quickly! Remember the way the layers of Husband hill are angled means that on this side were much lower in the stratigraphy than we have been before, this is important site seeing! James -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Nov 23 2005, 04:10 AM
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Home Plate looks really close:
 Any chance someone could pinpoint that pile of rocks on 594-597 panoramas? I tried, but it's too small...
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Nov 23 2005, 05:52 AM
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QUOTE (MaxSt @ Nov 22 2005, 10:10 PM) Home Plate looks really close... I dunno -- there is only a tiny little sliver of Home Plate visible in that image, in the far upper right corner. It doesn't look all that much closer to me... we're a lot closer to its elevation, though. I'm not sure we're getting to Home Plate all *that* soon, though -- there are a *lot* of outcrops throughout this basin area. We also haven't seen all of the Inner Basin yet, I don't think -- at least, not in great detail. I'm still wondering if, just possibly, the dark sands might not be eroding from an unusually dark set of layers that might be exposed in some of these outcrops... -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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Nov 23 2005, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
I think the rover will traverse any terrace, there are 2 more below, until approaching to Utreya before going to Home Plate. If you have visited the last post in Spirit Route Map where Tesheiner has posted last Spirit traverse and you will realice an approximate distance from now to Home Plate. Spirit's recent traverse map.
Just calculating with a good eye, the distance from now to HP would be around 150-180 meters. Someone have imaging tools that measure the distance with high precision (pixels/meters). My bet is that Spirit would be sniffing HP by January....  Rodolfo |
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Nov 23 2005, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Nov 23 2005, 07:51 PM) Just calculating with a good eye, the distance from now to HP would be around 150-180 meters. Someone have imaging tools that measure the distance with high precision (pixels/meters). Rodolfo I'd say it's much further: about 750m! http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-..._A661_1_br2.jpg |
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Nov 23 2005, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE (MaxSt @ Nov 23 2005, 04:10 AM) Home Plate looks really close: Any chance someone could pinpoint that pile of rocks on 594-597 panoramas? I tried, but it's too small... I believe that pile of rocks is marked waypoint on the JPL's latest traverse map http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-...MERA_A668_3.jpg |
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Nov 23 2005, 08:42 PM
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Just found some images and made a panorama of it from Spirit while she is working with
the arm.  Images are from Sol 483. jvandriel
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Nov 23 2005, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE (alan @ Nov 23 2005, 09:31 PM) I believe that pile of rocks is marked waypoint on the JPL's latest traverse map http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-...MERA_A668_3.jpg Could be. The waypoint is in the line-of-sight for homeplate, like the pile of rocks. Last time I calculated the distance to that feature it was at some 80m (sol 666?); is the waypoint at the same (or similar) distance? QUOTE (jvandriel @ Nov 23 2005, 09:42 PM) Just found some images and made a panorama of it from Spirit while she is working with the arm. Images are from Sol 483. jvandriel I liked that!  Autostitch? |
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Nov 23 2005, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1620 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
JPL's route map has it about 100 meters from Spirit's position on sol 667. I expect they will be adjusting their route map again like they did after arriving at Larry's Lookout.
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Nov 23 2005, 10:08 PM
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QUOTE (jvandriel @ Nov 23 2005, 08:42 PM) Just found some images and made a panorama of it from Spirit while she is working with the arm. Images are from Sol 483. jvandriel Beautiful! -------------------- - Marco -
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