Going To Mogollon..., ...and points South Options

[Tesheiner]

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WOW !!!!
Is that a driving plan for next 2 weeks?
Just kidding!!!
It's been so long time since Opportunity drove that kind of distance...
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That's just a "proposal" for the time being. If the terrain is similar to the "detour" before approaching Olympia, I would guess it's a three days move.

I (and many others here) am eager to see looooooong (> 40m) drives again.

[JRehling]

The is a refraction artifact but there is a lovely ring of clouds just above it that I don't think is an artifact. Very smoke ring like

I'm just glad it's not MRO.

[Shaka]

I'm just glad it's not MRO.

Ohmigod! There's an identical flying saucer hovering directly over Spirit!! http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...GBP1585L0M1.JPG
And she just lost a wheel! We're under attack!! Take cover!
Aw Doug is always right. It's not fair!

[Pertinax]

I'm having to post and leave pronto, so I appologize for a brief post...

I've been facinated by the chance of spotting CO2 or water ice halo's in MER imagery. None have been spotted yet to my knowlege, and while hopefull I am doubtfull that Oppy's sol758's cloud imagery contains any either.

None the less, I thought a pair of 'brightenings' in Oppy's clouds were interesing enough to post in order to get some feedback (I hope).

Any thoughts?


(Thank you mhoward!)


-- Pertinax

[Bill Harris]

Yesterday I made a route proposal and finally succeeded (thanks all) plotting it on the route map.

I was thinking along the same lines, but wanted to update my route base-map first. Current Navcam imagery does show that southward path, and hopefully the driving will be as good as Oppy had during the North Erebus Dunefield detour. I think that the path will get better and Oppy can hop-scotch along the bedrock windows.

--Bill

[atomoid]

Sol 758 aside from the beautiful clouds and smoke rings, shows this:



...undoubtedly a sarcophagus with its lid partially exhumed. ...how else could the dirt get piled up in a neat line at the edges if it weren't for one of those lost Mars Mummies banging on the lid, vibrating the dirt to the edges while deperately trying to escape?

[avkillick]

The true home plate.

Sol 758 aside from the smoke rings, shows this:



...undoubtedly a sarcophagus with its lid partially exhumed...
...how else could the dirt get piled up in a neat line at the edges if it weren't for one of those lost Mars Mummies deperately trying to escape?

[dilo]

I've been facinated by the chance of spotting CO2 or water ice halo's in MER imagery.
None the less, I thought a pair of 'brightenings' in Oppy's clouds were interesing enough to post in order to get some feedback (I hope).

Any thoughts?

Pertinax, these clouds are really amazing... I made a couple of elaborations to highlight through colors regions with different luminosity and variation frequency (original 1n195482393edn65eyp1585l0m1).

However, I do not see the feature you highlighted and I wonder about Crystal selection window... are colors associated to some kind of simulation you ran?
Thanks

[Shaka]

...undoubtedly a sarcophagus with its lid partially exhumed. ...how else could the dirt get piled up in a neat line at the edges if it weren't for one of those lost Mars Mummies banging on the lid, vibrating the dirt to the edges while deperately trying to escape?

shuddderrr.... You're just trying to give me nightmares, Atom! But I'm not afraid! I know when we brush aside the regolith it will say "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!

[DFinfrock]

I've been facinated by the chance of spotting CO2 or water ice halo's in MER imagery. None have been spotted yet to my knowlege, and while hopefull I am doubtfull that Oppy's sol758's cloud imagery contains any either.

None the less, I thought a pair of 'brightenings' in Oppy's clouds were interesing enough to post in order to get some feedback (I hope).

-- Pertinax

I'm a meteorologist, but certainly no expert in atmospheric optics. But here's a great link to the best explanation of the subject that I know of on the web. Perhaps a detailed analysis of the photos would reveal whether the "brightening" you see corresponds with any of the parhelia features discussed in the link.

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

David

[RNeuhaus]

Phil wins

Doug

I think so as an overall. It has easier view of Mars and the Oppy's tracks. Anyway, I enjoy viewing all of them.

Rodolfo

[RNeuhaus]

Perspective views again:

The Mars's clouds are very fine, like to cirrus. The leftmost picture, inside of that on right side has catched me an attention: there is an about circle formation of cirrus cloud. That is not usuall. The cirrus clouds have the enlogated formation but not in an around circle... around that there is some convenction of hot thermal air.

Rodolfo

[Shaka]

The Mars's clouds are very fine, like to cirrus. The leftmost picture, inside of that on right side has catched me an attention: there is an about circle formation of cirrus cloud. That is not usuall. The cirrus clouds have the enlogated formation but not in an around circle... around that there is some convenction of hot thermal air.

Rodolfo

Thanx for the explanation, Rod, but check out posts #220, 221, 222, 225, 228.

[RNeuhaus]

Thanx for the explanation, Rod, but check out posts #220, 221, 222, 225, 228.

Sip, your pointing is correct. I have skimed many posts. I am not only one. Many of us too.

Rodolfo

[hugh]

Looks like we could be leaving the Erebus rim and heading south for good this time.

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KEP0695L0M1.JPG