[X] My Assistant

[Phil Stooke]

I thought this subject might deserve its own topic. John-s made several matches between features seen in Spirit images south of Husband Hill. Then I suggested that a specific feature seen in those pans (I provide an approximately reprojected map-geometry version of the pan) might be Home Plate:



Object B is what i think is Home Plate. The flanks but not the summit of Ramon Hill appear beyond it.

There might be some errors in my attempted matches, but many seem good to me. It's quite hard to reconcile panoramic and overhead topography in this way, even towards Bonneville.

I would really welcome any other attempts to match features like this, to see if we can resolve the question... if B in the pan is not Home Plate, what is it?

Phil

[fredk]

Beautiful projections, dilo! Someday I'll get back into POV...

Glennwsmith, I think it'll be very hard to see the lander again. However, the heatshield is still visible on the rim of Bonneville. If the angles are right, the reflective heatshield catches glints of sunlight. The backshell/parachute should be much easier to spot than the lander, but even the parachute's ID is questionable in the images. See the pinned "spirit route map" thread starting with this post.

Actually, after that thread, spirit caught the heatshield even more clearly on sol 538 (Independance pan). My attached image (thanks to Horton for the colour composite) shows it (white arrow) on the rim of Bonneville. This identification agrees with Alan's in the route map thread. I tentatively ID'd the parachute with the black arrow, although this does not exactly match Alan's ID in the older images.

Interestingly, the blue and red spots near the horizon are a dustdevil passing some distance behind the lander/heatshield!

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