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Nice Place Larry, And Now?
Tman
post Jun 2 2005, 07:45 PM
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What may you estimate? Which direction have they decided for Spirit?

http://www.greuti.ch/spirit/which_route.jpg

Thanks Phil for this map!

I put my money on 3.

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post Jun 11 2005, 07:12 PM
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It rather reminds me of Adirondak.
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post Jun 12 2005, 12:28 AM
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Looks like a nice lump of basalt! Not a vesicle in sight...


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post Jun 12 2005, 06:02 AM
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A couple of images showing this rock before and after brush (with MI stitched mosaics):


Interesting fracture visible in bot images, but what hit me is the small conical extrution in the lower part (visible only in the color Pancam images). huh.gif


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post Jun 12 2005, 08:59 AM
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Something else strikes me about this rock even more strongly.

Those are zap pits!

There are at least five features visible on that rock that look exactly like microcraters. They aren't vesicles -- several have raised rims, and one appears to have a glassy blob in the center.

They seem to be in varying states of degradation, with some nearly smoothed out and others very sharp. And these features appear on a wind-flattened side of the rock, indicating that the pitting of the rock has continued at some unguessable rate for the millennia that rock has sat there slowly being wind-carved.

How in the great wide universe does a rock on the surface of Mars get microcraters, when such tiny impactors can't survive a passage through even that thin atmosphere?

Or are my eyes playing tricks on me...?

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- Tman   Nice Place Larry, And Now?   Jun 2 2005, 07:45 PM
- - Chmee   Well, I hope it is not back down the hill the way ...   Jun 2 2005, 07:52 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Number 3 gets my vote. Phil   Jun 2 2005, 07:58 PM
- - djellison   I say 2.7 I think you know what I mean Doug   Jun 2 2005, 08:07 PM
- - GregM   .   Jun 3 2005, 02:56 AM
|- - dilo   Based on last Squires update, is #3 for sure!   Jun 3 2005, 05:46 AM
|- - Reckless   QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 3 2005, 06:46 AM)Based on l...   Jun 3 2005, 07:49 AM
|- - ustrax   My personal bet... http://img.photobucket.com/alb...   Jun 3 2005, 10:27 AM
|- - odave   I think you're right - looks like they're ...   Jun 3 2005, 01:59 PM
|- - ustrax   'Onward and Upward!' Never the word U...   Jun 3 2005, 02:43 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ustrax @ Jun 3 2005, 02:43 PM)http://i...   Jun 3 2005, 03:39 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 3 2005, 03:39 PM)Woo -...   Jun 3 2005, 04:23 PM
- - Bill Harris   My inclination is like Doug's: 2.75 Those b...   Jun 3 2005, 02:22 PM
- - Sunspot   Strangely the plan is to head back to the Methusel...   Jun 3 2005, 11:05 PM
- - Bill Harris   Nothing strange, she's being a good geologist ...   Jun 3 2005, 11:18 PM
- - djellison   Check it from every angle, context, stratigraphy, ...   Jun 3 2005, 11:37 PM
- - Phillip   Can anyone identify the Backstay rock Squires is t...   Jun 5 2005, 03:33 PM
- - Phil Stooke   And now...? Looking ahead I made this image of th...   Jun 6 2005, 06:28 PM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 6 2005, 10:28 AM)And...   Jun 6 2005, 09:43 PM
- - Sunspot   Backstay Rock? or maybe this:   Jun 6 2005, 07:00 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 6 2005, 06:28 PM)And...   Jun 6 2005, 07:52 PM
- - Tman   Hey Phil, you are going to disclose the secret of ...   Jun 6 2005, 07:56 PM
- - alan   I think the flat rock in this image is backstay ht...   Jun 6 2005, 08:03 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Tman - that's no table-like shape... it's ...   Jun 6 2005, 08:21 PM
|- - Tman   Phil, you could be right with it   Jun 6 2005, 08:46 PM
- - edstrick   Uh. I'm pretty sure this is Backstay. It...   Jun 7 2005, 07:54 AM
|- - odave   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 7 2005, 03:54 AM)Uh....   Jun 7 2005, 02:07 PM
|- - ustrax   Phil...Looks like we've found the mythic Ultre...   Jun 7 2005, 02:46 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Slinted - here are all three images I have found s...   Jun 7 2005, 01:54 PM
- - djellison   Wonder if these would stack to increase detail at ...   Jun 7 2005, 02:53 PM
- - Tman   Ustrax your bet was 50:50 and nice exciting - I en...   Jun 7 2005, 06:15 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tman @ Jun 7 2005, 06:15 PM)Ustrax you...   Jun 8 2005, 10:32 AM
- - tty   Ultreya definitely seems to have a different textu...   Jun 7 2005, 08:05 PM
- - ilbasso   I had a dream last night that in continuing with t...   Jun 8 2005, 12:03 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 8 2005, 12:03 PM)I had a...   Jun 8 2005, 12:59 PM
|- - ustrax   Same area with which time between both images? Phi...   Jun 8 2005, 02:07 PM
- - djellison   Dont worry - I had a VERY strange dream two nights...   Jun 8 2005, 12:23 PM
- - Phil Stooke   April 2001 to February 2003, the streak one first....   Jun 8 2005, 02:16 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 8 2005, 02:16 PM)Apr...   Jun 8 2005, 02:33 PM
|- - ustrax   And now...for something completely different... h...   Jun 8 2005, 04:00 PM
|- - dilo   I am strongly disappointed from the differences be...   Jun 8 2005, 09:33 PM
|- - um3k   QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 8 2005, 05:33 PM)I am stron...   Jun 8 2005, 11:31 PM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 8 2005, 01:33 PM)I am stron...   Jun 9 2005, 12:31 AM
|- - dilo   Thanks, Slinted. Now I'm persuaded that the un...   Jun 9 2005, 05:37 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I also think the featureless appearance is due to ...   Jun 9 2005, 12:09 AM
- - djellison   Once again - Steve reads our minds QUOTE But aft...   Jun 9 2005, 02:44 PM
- - Tesheiner   Ustrax, It seems that the "pilgrim" wil...   Jun 9 2005, 03:28 PM
|- - Nirgal   this is great news ! with the following two q...   Jun 9 2005, 03:41 PM
- - djellison   It sounds like Route 2.75 is about the way we...   Jun 9 2005, 04:12 PM
|- - wyogold   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 9 2005, 04:12 PM)It so...   Jun 10 2005, 08:26 AM
- - djellison   I guess this is backstay Doug   Jun 11 2005, 06:17 PM
- - Jeff7   It rather reminds me of Adirondak.   Jun 11 2005, 07:12 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   Looks like a nice lump of basalt! Not a vesicl...   Jun 12 2005, 12:28 AM
|- - dilo   A couple of images showing this rock before and af...   Jun 12 2005, 06:02 AM
|- - dvandorn   Something else strikes me about this rock even mor...   Jun 12 2005, 08:59 AM
|- - tty   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 12 2005, 10:59 AM)Somet...   Jun 13 2005, 10:08 AM
- - Bill Harris   Interesting, too, is the pattern of "dust swi...   Jun 12 2005, 08:47 AM
- - edstrick   I really doubt those are zap pits, but.... Here...   Jun 12 2005, 09:25 AM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE ...range of obliquity from some 15 deg to so...   Jun 12 2005, 01:44 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   As with the pits which Opportunity saw, I stand by...   Jun 12 2005, 05:08 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   I agree with bob... to an extent. I like your ra...   Jun 12 2005, 07:04 PM
|- - abalone   There seem to be as many bumps as there are pits o...   Jun 13 2005, 11:55 AM
- - edstrick   At high obliquity, the poles actually get MORE sun...   Jun 12 2005, 10:14 PM
- - Tesheiner   Sol 513: Spirit has left "Backstay" beh...   Jun 13 2005, 12:20 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here is Tesheiner's pan in polar projection. ...   Jun 13 2005, 12:46 PM
- - Nix   Great views! Here's another one, sol 510, ...   Jun 13 2005, 01:23 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (NIX @ Jun 13 2005, 01:23 PM)Great view...   Jun 13 2005, 02:11 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (NIX @ Jun 13 2005, 01:23 PM)Great view...   Jun 13 2005, 04:02 PM
|- - ustrax   I managed to get a small place to accomodate all t...   Jun 13 2005, 04:05 PM
- - Tman   Hey, I guess Spirit is looking for path No. 3...   Jun 13 2005, 02:30 PM
- - Nix   Thanks Ed! There's some room for improve...   Jun 13 2005, 02:31 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (NIX @ Jun 13 2005, 02:31 PM)Thanks Ed...   Jun 13 2005, 02:51 PM
||- - Tman   Slowly JPL should buy the panoramas out or if they...   Jun 13 2005, 03:01 PM
|- - dilo   Nico, congratulations for this stitch (and for the...   Jun 13 2005, 07:39 PM
- - djellison   Holy CRAP Nix - that one's a STUNNER Doug   Jun 13 2005, 02:44 PM
- - Nix   Gee thanks! I have been trying to perfect my s...   Jun 13 2005, 04:00 PM
- - Tman   Goodbye Tennessee Valley! http://qt.explorato...   Jun 14 2005, 11:04 AM
|- - Nirgal   let me say "good-bye" to this now-so-fam...   Jun 14 2005, 09:00 PM
- - Nix   Sweet!   Jun 14 2005, 10:06 PM

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