Changes at Low Ridge Haven Options

[dilo]

Great movie, slinted! looking to it, I have impression that events intensity is going to increase...
At this point, I think they should absolutely install the new smarter DD-catach SW because spectacle should be fantastic!

[dilo]

...
Even tough the streak direction doesn't seems toward the rover position, could be related to the power level increase highlighted by Helvick...?

An attempt to understand if a DD really hit Spirit is this movie of the sundial in the last 40 days:

I do not see any significative change in the dust level, however... . And you?

[alan]

I've been checking the sundial images myself since the changes started appearing at El Dorado. I haven't seen anything yet either. Nice movie, I like watching the shadows of the rock behind the sundial dance.

[jvandriel]

Movement at Low Ridge Haven but now on the solar deck

of Spirit. Not only the shadow but look at the wire in front

of the mast.

jvandriel

Attached thumbnail(s)

 

[djellison]

That thing's been ratting around that little pocket for aaagess.. (well, more than 1000 sols anyway) I think RM mentioned it in another thread at one point.

Doug

[jvandriel]

Doug,

I know, that wire is there for 1000 Sols ( from the arrival on Mars ) but,

as far as I know, this is the first animation of that wire moving.

jvandriel

[ElkGroveDan]

as far as I know, this is the first animation of that wire moving.

Indeed. Not sure what the elapsed time between images is, but I would expect that with Spirit sitting there in the same spot all this time, the question is: What caused it to move?

[djellison]

[Nix]

Either that or a D...nah,.. the joke is getting rather old..

Nico

[rogelio]

A minor point (and perhaps one that has elicited comment already): Since the sun has a smaller angular diameter as seen from Mars (by about 40-65% depending on the season), shadows cast there would have noticeably sharper margins... I would like to believe that this is evident in the sharpness of the shadow cast by Spirit’s landing mast...

[jvandriel]

ElkGroveDan,

here are the numbers of the 2 images of the moving wire:

image nr 1:
2N202270255EFFAS00P1988L0M1.JPG ( Sol 834 )

image nr 2:
2N208124777EFFAS00P1988L0M1.jpg ( Sol 900 )

It must have been the wind which has moved the wire.
It is even easier because Spirit is tilted on 1 side.

jvandriel

[djellison]

Oh - I distinctly remember the '99 total eclipse here in the UK - I was in Bidford-on-Avon, we got about 95% eclipse, and I was at a gliding competition - I remember the shadows the gliders were casting on the ground were very very sharp.

Doug

[JRehling]

What does gliding during a total eclipse do to your insurance rates?

[djellison]

Actually - the Civil Aviation Authority declared the time from first contact to fourth contact as aviation darkness - so the flying for the day started AFTER the eclipse. Also - because of the sun getting stolen for the morning - it was a poor day for gliding, very few good thermals around.

Doug

[climber]

Two notes :
1- I saw the eclipse 100% from a site in France, it was, it was, whow...If somebody here never see a full eclipse, please run, run, there's nothing like this. It has a big effect on the crowd too : people start to talk together, sharing something big. An eclipse IS something big.
2- The last 4 posts (including this one) are wayyyyy out of topic