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 May 28 2011, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ May 28 2011, 04:02 PM)  Some pancams returned today from the ejecta field around Skylab: Wow, well spotted Fred, I would never have found those if you hadn't pointed them out... Had a bit of a clean-up... this is...was...a pretty stunning collection of rocks... http://twitpic.com/53sh8l/full -------------------- |
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May 28 2011, 07:49 PM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 28 2011, 08:02 PM) I am curious about the 8x1 Skylab panorama. There should be 4 filters (L257R2) times 8 images, or 32 full frame images in all. Why is the pancam site counting only 26? Looking at the stamps it looks like only 5 of the images were taken in colour the other 3 were just L2/R2. Looks like the colour bit covers all the actual crater though. Here are the colour mosiacs taken of the Mercury Cluster. Sigma 7  Friendship 7  Freedom 7  All images link to same blog entry James -------------------- |
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May 28 2011, 09:00 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 27 2011, 05:05 AM) It looks like Opportunity is auditioning for Mystery Science Theater. LOL |
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May 29 2011, 01:26 PM
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thank you James.
brilliant color balancing again ! I espacially like that Sigma-7 image whose colors have exacty the "Mars-like-reddish" hue that I exepct it to really look like 
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May 29 2011, 01:43 PM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 14 2011, 04:42 AM) There are some very interesting laminations in an ejecta fragment (see arrows) in this navcam from sol 2594. I really hope it is imaged by the pancams before Oppy leaves this area. Here you go, Rocker: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...2M1.JPG?sol2595 And an anaglyph version:
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May 29 2011, 06:05 PM
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A nice dune among rocks:
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May 30 2011, 05:50 AM
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Thanks, fredk. It helps a lot to see that rock in 3D.
It doesn't look nearly as convoluted as it did in the navcams. -------------------- ...Tom
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May 30 2011, 06:36 AM
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A recent Mars Daily article has a picture captioned "Opportunity makes tracks". What causes the pattern of short imprints to the sides? Did she really stop and turn a dozen times at such regular intervals?
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May 30 2011, 07:14 AM
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May 30 2011, 10:38 AM
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Thanks, H4I. Autonav produces an interesting 'footprint'!
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May 30 2011, 01:19 PM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 29 2011, 11:50 PM) It doesn't look nearly as convoluted as it did in the navcams. That set of rocks exhibits a lot of small-scale trough cross-bedding and ripple cross-lamination. The rock you and fredk are talking about looks like it has rib-and-furrow structure, which is a horizontal section through those types of cross bedding. Here are some terrestrial examples: rib-and-furrow rib-and-furrow rib-and-furrow -------------------- Tim Demko
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May 30 2011, 01:47 PM
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Oh, very funny, chopping the tops of the hills off like that when we're all panting to make new colour pics of them...
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2421L5M1.JPG 
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May 30 2011, 05:15 PM
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May 30 2011, 06:01 PM
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Wow, that's a very funky texture!
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May 30 2011, 06:15 PM
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I agree, Emily.
Could you please put on your geologist hat & do some (informal, of course) instant science? This doesn't look like your garden-variety vuggy surface to me; seems like the substrate is slightly more solid then what we've seen before.
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