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 Nov 19 2005, 08:02 PM
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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. jvandriel
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| Guest_Edward Schmitz_* |
Dec 9 2005, 01:05 AM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Dec 8 2005, 12:21 PM) 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.  That is a fabulously interesting looking outcrop. Hard to say but it looks like layers. I would really like to see these up close and get some good science on this one. ed |
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Dec 9 2005, 01:44 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 13-October 05 From: Malibu, CA Member No.: 527 |
QUOTE (jvandriel @ Dec 8 2005, 04:17 AM) A 360 degree panoramic view taken on Sol 685 with the L0 navcam. jvandriel Neat!! Looks to me like the far upper right is the first good look at the black sand that many took for a black hole... 
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Dec 9 2005, 01:44 AM
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QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Dec 8 2005, 05:57 PM) can we switch places? it was ~15F here yesterday. You got all the way up to 15? We got up to about 12... I really don't mind living in Minnesota -- but there are times I wouldn't mind living somewhere just a touch warmer. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 9 2005, 01:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 9 2005, 01:44 AM) You got all the way up to 15? We got up to about 12... I really don't mind living in Minnesota -- but there are times I wouldn't mind living somewhere just a touch warmer. -the other Doug It was 89 here in north Texas last Saturday.  But we are expecting a low of 14 Friday morning!  The weather changes here in a big hurry. David |
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Dec 9 2005, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE (DFinfrock @ Dec 8 2005, 08:59 PM) It was 89 here in north Texas last Saturday. But we are expecting a low of 14 Friday morning! The weather changes here in a big hurry. David Texas is a lot like Mars...except it's much warmer...and wetter...and has a lot more life. |
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Dec 9 2005, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I spent a week driving through Texas one day a few years ago. For hours on end, you would see no more signs of advanced life forms (with the *possible* exception of the road itself) than you see in the MER images...
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 9 2005, 06:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 688 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 273 |
QUOTE (um3k @ Dec 9 2005, 06:13 PM) Texas is a lot like Mars...except it's much warmer...and wetter...and has a lot more life. Somebody once described Edgar Rice Burrough's Mars as "super-Arizona with green apaches". Super-Arizona seems a fair description (red deserts, canyons, volcanos and apparently even old playas), but apparently no green apaches, alas!  tty |
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Dec 9 2005, 06:58 PM
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Well, Spirit's arm is still in perfect condition.
 http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...XYP1110L0M1.JPG |
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Dec 9 2005, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
Removed lines.
I made a mistake. The pictures of arm are of Spirit and not of Opportunity. Rodolfo |
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Dec 9 2005, 07:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Ummmm... it's Oppy's arm that has a problem, not Spirit's, as far as I know.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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| Guest_AlexBlackwell_* |
Dec 9 2005, 07:23 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 9 2005, 07:10 PM) Ummmm... it's Oppy's arm that has a problem, not Spirit's, as far as I know. -the other Doug NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Moves Stalled Robotic Arm By Tariq Malik Staff Writer, Space.com posted: 09 December 2005 01:06 pm ET |
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Dec 11 2005, 02:29 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 468 Joined: 11-February 04 From: USA Member No.: 21 |
QUOTE (atomoid @ Dec 7 2005, 08:26 PM) The linear features look as if a stick was dragged along the ground some time ago, much like small faulting features... The pancam team must have found the linear features interesting as well. On sol 688 they took a half res 5 frame mosaic of it in L257. Here it is, with my humble attempt at colorization and frame balancing. It might be wind related. It seems possible that it was caused directly by the dust devil Spirit caught moving across this location back on sol 679, but I don't feel too confident about claiming that definitively.  Sol 685 Navcam, for context |
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Dec 11 2005, 04:23 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Another context view:
 Edit: Personally I think the dust devil was just a coincidence; I can't imagine a dd would have the energy to disrupt the ground in that way! Especially since the ground doesn't look freshly disturbed. There is at least one small rock laying directly on the line, and I'd be surprised if even a large Martian dust devil could move even a small rock like that. Of course, I Could Be Wrong. |
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Dec 11 2005, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
False-color from Sol 689:
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Dec 11 2005, 05:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Hmmm... Since you got me interested in this, I went back and noticed that there were lines at the previous drive location (AJW6). They were interested enough that they did a 2x2 pancam mosaic of this zigzag pattern as well as (I think maybe) a second Navcam sweep around the rover to see if there were any more.
   2N186997821EFFAJW6P1985L0M1.JPG 2N186820199EFFAJW6P1605L0M1.JPG |
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