From Concepción to the "Twin Craters", and beyond... |
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From Concepción to the "Twin Craters", and beyond... |
 Mar 20 2010, 05:09 PM
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Hopefully she will get some array-cleaning winds. A Watt-Hour Zephyr?
One side-observation I've made is noting an accumulation of dust at the top of the Low Gain Antenna starting sometime around Sol 1710, the stopover at Santorini. No idea why a ring of dust would accumulate at this spot, but it ought to serve as an indicator of wind (or lack thereof?). But I digress, I'll open a separate thread on this particular puzzle. Here is a recent Sol 2125 Navcam of the phenom... http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/a...0P1987L0M1.HTML --Bill -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2010, 10:55 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Are we seeing Twin Craters top left there?
Probably not. Seriously, I'm feeling quite lost and disoriented at the moment. About time we found another meteorite to let me get my bearings! 
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Mar 20 2010, 11:05 PM
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No, that view's to the north. The giveaway is the bit of tracks you can see in the original image.
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Mar 20 2010, 11:13 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2418 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Stu? Lost?! Physically in Kendal, Cumbria, UK, and mentally on Mars as always surely!
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Mar 20 2010, 11:19 PM
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He doesn't use MMB
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Mar 20 2010, 11:33 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Ah, ok, thanks Fred. Think I'll just sit here in the back seat, quietly reading my magazine and listening to my MP3 player; someone give me a shout when we get there...
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Mar 21 2010, 12:29 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That reminded me...I finally just now installed MMB on my new computer (old one couldn't handle it)...WOW!!!
It's truly remarkable, Mike; thanks!!! 
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 21 2010, 01:28 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3171 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 20 2010, 05:29 PM)  It's truly remarkable, Mike; thanks!!! You're welcome. I actually find it a little embarrassing now, since I don't have time to make it as good as it should be, or even maintain it. |
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Mar 21 2010, 02:31 AM
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MMB? Qu'est-ce que sais?
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Mar 21 2010, 02:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
C'est Midnight Mars Browser.
(...and he's embarrassed by it!!! Would that I could accomplish something even a hundredth as embarrassing by that token...  )
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 21 2010, 10:29 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Just want to clarify that my lack of MMB is nothing to do with the prog itself!
It's just a combination of having a Jurassic era PC that groans in protest if I dare to open Photoshop and Google Earth at the same time, and finding a somewhat perverse enjoyment in manually logging on to Exploratorium every morning when I get up, or when I get back from work later in the day, and having a "yes!!!" moment when I see there are new raws for me to play with. I'm sure I'll download and love MMB when I afford to get a new PC, later this year.BTW, latest MER-inspired poem here, if anyone wants a look... best to click on "full size" if you want to read it without damaging your eyes... http://twitpic.com/19zn62 (Text only: http://astropoetry.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/museum-peace ) -------------------- |
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Mar 21 2010, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2253 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
I'm the same way. MMB is a great program, but there is a certain aesthetic to logging on and manually collecting Rover gems.
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Mar 21 2010, 03:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4162 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
That's what I do too.
Back to the main topic and our next waypoint, we're 70m closer to them. I think the crater is the dark feature visible on the top left corner of this pancam image: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FPP2397L6M1.JPG. There's another shot to the left of this one but unfortunately it doesn't cover the whole horizon so we're missing the whole picture. |
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Mar 21 2010, 03:18 PM
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This R1 frame shows more of the twins (plus it's a bit sharper than the L6), upper left:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FPP2397R1M1.JPG I wonder when they'll first look recognizably like craters? They're also faintly visible as a light streak along the midlle-left horizon in this navcam view: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FPP0705R0M1.JPG Again lots of duplicate images in the latest exploratorium batch. This time they don't even have the different suffix M7. For example, here's an image that's appeared twice: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P0713R0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P0713R0M1.JPG |
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Mar 22 2010, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4162 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Pretty low activity (actually zero) on this thread on the last 24h, isn't it?
Let's see if it changes after the next images' downlink which should happen in 18h or so. I'm looking forward new pictures from a point 70m (?) closer to those craters. Hopefully, we'll be there before the weekend. |
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