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Feb 25 2005, 01:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
Perhaps they turned right where we can see the rover tracks stops...
Well they must have done it that way... -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
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Feb 25 2005, 01:14 AM
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I'm assuming these pancam images were taken looking in the next drive direction:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2381R1M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2381R1M1.JPG Still nothing immediately obvious on or just below the horizon ..... I still think the annulus of bright material we see in orbital images of vostok is nothing more than dust, all the craters have it, you can see it in orbital images of the craters Opportunity is sitting in front of right now, yet from the ground they appear pretty dark. |
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Feb 25 2005, 01:32 AM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
Sol 383: 177m
Sol 384: 104m Sol 385: 109m Sol 386: no drive Sol 387: 80m Sol 388: no drive Interesting route there. Looks like they didn't quite want to visit the craters along the route but then all of a sudden changed their minds and made a quick shortcut to the crater triplet. That's where we are now... |
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Feb 25 2005, 02:32 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I think they did turn right as if you notice the tracks that are at an angle slightly disappear but the tracks that are aligned with the camera are more visible.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P0680R0M1.JPG So tracks at 90 degrees to the camera will be invisible at that kind of distance as they will be hidden by the height of the dunes. This post has been edited by MahFL: Feb 25 2005, 02:34 AM |
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Feb 25 2005, 03:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
QUOTE (alan @ Feb 21 2005, 10:44 PM) Wow, 450 meters, should have a good view of Vostok from there. Or maybe not |
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Feb 25 2005, 10:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
Luckily, we have a beacon pointing to North
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Feb 25 2005, 05:10 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Arlington, Virginia Member No.: 159 |
Judging by the tracks, the feature on the horizon about a quarter of the way from the left edge of this image could be Vostok. I missed it the first time I looked at the picture as I was staring at the outcroppings.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P0680L0M1.JPG |
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Feb 25 2005, 05:34 PM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
That can't be because it's look at West. Vostok is toward South-East.
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Feb 25 2005, 08:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Arlington, Virginia Member No.: 159 |
QUOTE (Pando @ Feb 25 2005, 05:34 PM) That can't be because it's look at West. Vostok is toward South-East. Hmm. Should've figured that out by the direction of the dunes. The last Pamcams from 2/24 are looking SE-ish. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2381R1M1.JPG |
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Feb 25 2005, 08:36 PM
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Personally I don't think Vostok is visible at all unless you're almost on top of it. The rim is probably totally eroded away so that it's just a flat bedrock peeking through the soil.
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Feb 26 2005, 03:26 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 27-May 04 From: northern Indiana Member No.: 78 |
I thought this was Vostok. It's about a third the way from the right side of the image, just below the horizon. They've been taking lots of L4 L5 L6 pictures of it for a while now.
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Feb 26 2005, 10:48 AM
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QUOTE (Fred @ Feb 26 2005, 03:26 AM) I thought this was Vostok. It's about a third the way from the right side of the image, just below the horizon. They've been taking lots of L4 L5 L6 pictures of it for a while now. No - I've made the same mistake - that's a large crater way out to the east somewhere. (notice the dunes running across the field of view - not in line with it ) Doug |
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Feb 26 2005, 06:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
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Feb 26 2005, 07:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
They will have a hard time keeping this map up to date given Oppys current pace
Already 300 meter farther south than the map shows -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Feb 26 2005, 09:00 PM
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^ WOW! How close are they to Vostok?
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