MSL "Drive, drive, drive" toward Glenelg, The scientists (mostly) get the keys - sols 38-56 |
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MSL "Drive, drive, drive" toward Glenelg, The scientists (mostly) get the keys - sols 38-56 |
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You can see Jake sitting right beside the sol 43 position in my route map.
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Sep 19 2012, 06:51 PM
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Thanks, Phil -- I was going to ask that question
 Now I can ask something else!
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Sep 19 2012, 06:57 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 19 2012, 07:44 PM)  No, it's farther to the right, in mhoward's mosaics. Check the press release images too. Great, thanks. Just remembered there's a press conference *on*... 
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Sep 19 2012, 07:29 PM
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Sol 43 Navcam pan
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Sep 19 2012, 07:34 PM
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QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 19 2012, 01:46 PM) This looks meteoritic to me - they're often pyramidal following their burn through the atmosphere... There are a tremendous number of pyramid-shaped rocks on Mars. They are classed under the general name ventifacts. The pyramidal sides are caused by eons of wind erosion. This creates a number of shapes, including the pyramidal. Look through the images from the MERs -- you'll see quite a few examples. Heck, there are several ventifacts in view at both Viking landing sites and at the Pathfinder site. -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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Sep 19 2012, 07:45 PM
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Hmmmmm... is it just my imagination, or does ol' Jake here have spherules embedded in it? See the circled features below.
-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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Sep 19 2012, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Sep 19 2012, 08:03 PM) rock is apparently called 'Jake Matijevic' and will be the first target for contact science http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/mult...a/pia16155.html You can read more about Jake Matijevic on Salley Rayl's last MER Report. Just scroll down to the section "In Memoriam: Jake Matijevic". |
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Sep 19 2012, 08:01 PM
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Ant103's fourmidable panorama in circular format. After a little bump it looks like we will be here for a few sols.
Phil
(PS - doug - spherules? They could be any kind of lump and/or bump at this resolution) -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Sep 19 2012, 08:01 PM
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3D view of "Jake M"
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Sep 19 2012, 08:08 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 19 2012, 03:01 PM) (PS - doug - spherules? They could be any kind of lump and/or bump at this resolution) Oh, agreed. I was only put in mind of spherical inclusions because of two of the features I circled in particular -- in the row of three of my marking circles along the right side of the rock, the second down shows what looks like an empty socket, and the feature below it reflects light into a nice little subsolar point that suggests a spherical surface to me. Obviously, we will have closer images in the next few Sols. I'm really looking forward to seeing what MAHLI can do on a close inspection, here. -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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Sep 19 2012, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 19 2012, 09:00 PM) You can read more about Jake Matijevic on Salley Rayl's last MER Report. Just scroll down to the section "In Memoriam: Jake Matijevic". I remember Jake well; he did a few of the early MER video flight director's reports to camera covering the past "week on Mars". As he moved from Spirit to Opportunity he would say something like: "Meanwhile, over on the other side of the planet..." |
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Sep 19 2012, 09:44 PM
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Here's a wider-angle view of Curiosity's tracks and Jake Matijevic rock.
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Sep 19 2012, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 19 2012, 08:34 PM) There are a tremendous number of pyramid-shaped rocks on Mars. They are classed under the general name ventifacts. The pyramidal sides are caused by eons of wind erosion. This creates a number of shapes, including the pyramidal. -the other Doug Thanks Doug, have just educated myself on the aforementioned ventifacts. Apparently in Afrikaans there's a word for just this type of feature - "dreikanters" meaning "three corners" - a rock abraded by wind action over large timescales which often results in pyramidal shapes. It just looks so alien sitting there.... |
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Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM
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What intrigues me about this rock is that there appears to be something brightening it where it's in contact with the ground. Salts? Any ideas?
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Sep 19 2012, 10:19 PM
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Yes, on closer inspection, there does appear to be efflorescence on the lower edge, something else which militates against meteoritic origin.
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