Where Is Erebus Highway?, Can we see it on MER images? |
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Where Is Erebus Highway?, Can we see it on MER images? |
 Aug 24 2005, 01:09 PM
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Oppy has already arrived at the etched terrain but not exactly at the "Erebus Highway".
It is currently located (as of sol 562) here:
This image (a previous version was posted here) is a combination of Dilo's vertical projections and MOC imagery in which I tried to identify some of the outcrops and also remark the Erebus Highway. Now, Oppy as just turned left (east) to catch the highway instead of going straight ahead to Erebus (which would mean crossing about 100m of dunes, leaving the outcrops behind). But can we see the Erebus Highway on the MER images? I think so.
The lower section of the image above is a navcam panorama taken on sol 562, in which I pinpointed some of the same outcrops seen on the first picture. The upper section is part of a pancam pano taken on the same sol, in which I remarked what I believe is a section of the Erebus highway. The features seen there are at about 50m range, which is consistent with the distance to the highway based on MOC images. |
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Aug 24 2005, 01:46 PM
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http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...00P1311L0M1.JPG
Oppy has started to head SE, hopping one dune so far. |
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Aug 24 2005, 02:09 PM
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Burmese: This was the Sol 562 drive.
And here's my updated traverse map. http://xs43.xs.to/pics/05342/Opportunity_Sol_562.gif -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Aug 24 2005, 02:11 PM
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hey dude welcome to the board.
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Aug 24 2005, 03:49 PM
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Not there, yet. I look at this as an on-ramp to the Erebus Highway...
 Looks like we'll pass just south of an eroded 20m crater in a Sol or two. --Bill -------------------- |
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Aug 24 2005, 04:22 PM
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QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Aug 24 2005, 04:09 PM) Burmese: This was the Sol 562 drive. And here's my updated traverse map. http://xs43.xs.to/pics/05342/Opportunity_Sol_562.gif  Hi Nico (blue scape), nice to see you here in the forum too 
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Aug 24 2005, 05:15 PM
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QUOTE (Tman @ Aug 24 2005, 06:22 PM) Hi Nico (blue scape), nice to see you here in the (right) forum too Definitely. But who is blue_scape?  -- blue_scape -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Aug 24 2005, 05:21 PM
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QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Aug 24 2005, 05:49 PM) Looks like we'll pass just south of an eroded 20m crater in a Sol or two. Could you pinpoint this crater, Bill? |
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Aug 24 2005, 05:34 PM
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Possible the circular outcrop? It is located a bit below the center on my overview.
http://xs43.xs.to/pics/05342/Opportunity_Sol_562.gif -- blue_scape -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Aug 24 2005, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE Possible the circular outcrop? It is located a bit below the center on my overview. That is the crater seen in your overview. Good traverse map! --Bill -------------------- |
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Aug 24 2005, 08:09 PM
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Return to L7 and R1 post drive pancam images? I hope.
Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description --- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----------- 563 p2355.06 10 0 0 10 2 22 pancam_drive_direction_2bpp_L7R1 -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Sep 12 2005, 06:15 PM
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http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P1214L0M1.JPG
Has Opportunity finally arrived on the Erebus Highway? |
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Sep 12 2005, 07:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
Not only do I think we're on the highway now, but I think Erebus is the very next exit!
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2364L2M1.JPG Wahoo! 
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Sep 12 2005, 07:49 PM
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Oppy really put the pedal to the metal this last drive, as the sequence shows. Popped right over more than half a dozen dunes to get to the highway.
She spun about and drove backwards: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E1P1235L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FEP1235L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FWP1235L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...HYP1235L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P1214L0M1.JPG |
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Sep 12 2005, 07:58 PM
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And as seen from the front (rear traveling forward):
Start: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...CRP1335L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...DPP1335L0M1.JPG Spin about to drive in reverse: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E1P1335L0M1.JPG The distant white strip is our target: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FEP1335L0M1.JPG Closer: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...FWP1335L0M1.JPG Closer: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...GSP1335L0M1.JPG "X" marks the spot: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...HYP1335L0M1.JPG Hogging the center of the lane: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...I2P1305L0M1.JPG Whoops! nearly overshot the road: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P1311L0M1.JPG |
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