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[jvandriel]

Spirit is now almost at the bottom of Inner Basin.

Time to start a new topic.

Here is a 360 degree panoramic view taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 667.

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[jvandriel]

and again looking back on Sol 684.

Taken with the L0 navcam.

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[jamescanvin]

At last, it took a LOT of processor time but I've finally finished the 'Seminole' 360.



Sizes to suit all bandwidths - Click image.

The quarter resolution version is also attached.

Enjoy ,

James

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[atomoid]

Does anyone with a geological background want to elaborate on these latest shots?
http://mars.lyle.org/bysol/2-685.html

The linear features look as if a stick was dragged along the ground some time ago, much like small faulting features...
maybe sort of like the Anatolian features but in a very Gusevian sense.

With that in mind, these must be a relativly newer than the jumbled rocks that compose the upper surface.
Effects of recent hydration sapping?
Or did a boulder roll down the cliff long ago and leave this trail behind, only some of it remaining.



actually i think this is the same shot of it earlier
http://mars.lyle.org/imagery/2P187087651EF...19R1M1.JPG.html

[Toma B]

Thank you jamescanvin!!!
That panorama really looks great...
In all sizes for every bandwith (I'm still on dial-up... )

[dilo]

James, your 'Seminole' 360 panorama is stunning and absolutely worth to make an high-res projection! (The vertical rendering in the inset is done with a 5deg slope respect to horizon; I had to slightly correct sky appearence on te top, close to McCool hill).

I know, Mars now appears like an asteroid! (Spirit on Itokawa? )...

[Bill Harris]

The linear features look as if a stick was dragged along the ground some time ago, much like small faulting features...

This looks a lot like the features frequently seen in the sand at the margins of evaporite plates at Meridiani. Second time I've noticed it here.

--Bill

[Nix]

Fantastic work James -it looks perfect. Just how much processor time does it take for you? And how much ram do you use?

I have a few pans ready to stitch but the computer refuses full-res layered .psd output! (Lookout pan & Lion King pan).


Beautifully projected too dilo, as usual.

Nico

[Tesheiner]

We may discuss about "true-color" or not; about if those JPEGs are suitable or not for science...
But what it beyond any discussion it that, imho, this panorama is absolutely impressive.

Hats off, James.

[jvandriel]

A 360 degree panoramic view taken on Sol 685 with the L0 navcam.

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[jvandriel]

A panoramic view of bedrock on the way down.

Taken with the L7 pancam on Sol 685.

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[aldo12xu]

Great panorama, James. Nice colours and excellent detail. The sky colouration is pretty good to. Well done. I'd raise a pint to that if I wasn't at work!

[mhoward]

Not much I can add to what's been said about James' panorama; it's excellent.

Here's an anaglyph version of the four pancams from Sol 685:



I am very much wondering about the outcrop downhill in the upper center of this mosaic (not sure of it's name); to me it looks like a different composition from anything else around here.

[jamescanvin]

Thanks for the complements guys, glad you liked it.

Wonderful projection dilo (as always), a great way to look at 360's.

Nico, about processing times: We probably process the pans in very different ways and on very different hardware so it's going to be hard to compare. However the one thing that took an inordinate amount of time for this pan was running the program 'enblend' to smooth out any tiny seams between images. For this pan it took around 20 hours! (1.67GHz G4 PowerBook with 512Mb RAM) The poor thing! It runs hot enough at the best of times (one of the reasons Apple are switching to Intel) but the weather was HOT here on Tuesday as well (100F/39C).

James

[deglr6328]

can we switch places? it was ~15F here yesterday.

[RNeuhaus]

Congratulations to colorful pictures to Jamescanvin.

The pictures of color has helped me to see much better among the different types of rocks.

'|' That zone, Inner Basin, I see at least three different types of rocks (maybe more for a geologist):

1) basalt (volcanic rock, fine grained, extrusive igneous rock),
'|' 2) outcrop (similar to Meridiani Planum with stratified sediments) caused by water in hot spring (home plate) and trace amount of water in others parts.
3) impact rocks (sharp edges).

Rodolfo
P.D.' | 're-edited
'|'Extract from the the URL Universe Today
'|'From the composition and texture of more than six different types of rock inspected, scientists deduced what this part of Mars was like long ago. "It was a hot, violent place with volcanic explosions and impacts," Squyres said. "Water was around, perhaps localized hot springs in some cases and trace amounts of water in other cases.