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 Dec 24 2005, 06:15 PM
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New SS Update - "December 23, 2005
Things have been going well at Gusev. We've spent most of the past week looking at a rock right next to Comanche that we call Comanche Spur. Like everything we've seen since we've descended off of Haskin Ridge, Comanche Spur has undergone very little alteration and has a lot of olivine in it. But the composition is different from what we saw at Seminole and Algonquin, so we seem to have yet another rock type at Gusev. With the Comanche campaign wrapping up, it was decision time... Allegeny Ridge or El Dorado? We had a long meeting about that at mid-week, and the consensus decision was to head for El Dorado. We should begin the drive on about Sol 704, and we're hoping it will go quickly. Expect Spirit to do a lot of driving and (except at El Dorado) not much IDD work in the weeks ahead...." 704 is Boxing Day  What do you think - El Dorado for New Year with a nice 6 x 3 pancam postcard....go on Jim, you know you want to  Doug |
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Dec 28 2005, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Looking uphill, the interface between the dunes to the left -- they look like powder -- and the "normal" terrain to the right can be easily identified.
The question is why this abrupt interface? |
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Dec 28 2005, 09:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 28 2005, 03:28 PM) Looking uphill, the interface between the dunes to the left -- they look like powder -- and the "normal" terrain to the right can be easily identified. The question is why this abrupt interface?  The limit line between two different morphology terrain is caused by the aeolian factor. That is strange line but this limit is not black and white rather than a gradual change of morphology. After the line, the terrain is plain is where there is no much wind to form ripples. QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 28 2005, 03:33 PM) OT: Do you know how many years since my last Brahma? No one idea. I suspect that you missed it much, so your last drinking time might be few years ago? If not drinking, perhaps, you might have bought it in any supermarket around in Spain. It is so good that after drinking one, ones starts to brama (dance wildely) What does O.T. mean? (One Tought?) Rodolfo |
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djellison To El Dorado... Dec 24 2005, 06:15 PM
edstrick I keep waiting for somebody who's had a few na... Dec 25 2005, 07:11 AM dvandorn Ah, the basal geology now becomes apparent. Home ... Dec 25 2005, 08:18 AM ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 24 2005, 06:15 PM)New ... Dec 26 2005, 12:20 PM Toma B QUOTE From S.S. update:
...We should begin the dri... Dec 26 2005, 03:41 PM Bill Harris Seems to be. Here is a current NavCam showing E... Dec 26 2005, 04:24 PM Toma B O.K.
There are few new pictures at exploratorium i... Dec 26 2005, 05:16 PM edstrick Dvandorn: "Ah, the basal geology now becomes ... Dec 27 2005, 08:57 AM
ustrax Spirit drived a lot...It stopped at about...1/3 of... Dec 27 2005, 10:45 AM ustrax QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 27 2005, 10:45 AM)Spirit ... Dec 27 2005, 02:50 PM sattrackpro QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 27 2005, 03:45 AM)Spirit ... Dec 27 2005, 02:56 PM Burmese Now can they resist the urge to stop at that outcr... Dec 27 2005, 02:51 PM ustrax QUOTE (Burmese @ Dec 27 2005, 02:51 PM)Now ca... Dec 27 2005, 02:55 PM ustrax Look what is left from the Ultreya cerimonial tote... Dec 27 2005, 03:15 PM Marz QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 27 2005, 09:15 AM)Look wh... Dec 27 2005, 10:00 PM mhoward Sol 705 Dec 27 2005, 04:03 PM Oersted Maybe the team is hoping for a cleaning event near... Dec 27 2005, 11:52 PM Bob Shaw I suspect that Eldorado will - for reasons of Rove... Dec 28 2005, 12:38 AM DFinfrock QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 28 2005, 12:38 AM)I sus... Dec 28 2005, 02:44 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (DFinfrock @ Dec 28 2005, 03:44 AM)It l... Dec 28 2005, 03:33 PM antoniseb QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 28 2005, 10:33 AM)If th... Dec 28 2005, 04:09 PM ustrax New maps up:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/missi... Dec 28 2005, 04:23 PM ustrax Ladies & Gentlemen...
We have arrived!:
h... Dec 28 2005, 04:41 PM Toma B Quick stich in Autostich....Ultreya, El Dorado wha... Dec 27 2005, 04:09 PM kanalje Well, this is looking like it could be plenty fun,... Dec 27 2005, 09:55 PM Tesheiner Parallax measurements for sol 704 and 705 drives g... Dec 27 2005, 10:25 PM mhoward Some Sol 705 anaglyphs: Dec 28 2005, 03:07 AM dot.dk QUOTE (Oersted @ Dec 27 2005, 11:52 PM)This i... Dec 28 2005, 08:40 AM Tman http://home.shinternet.ch/gp/spirit/2P1885...6-89L... Dec 28 2005, 12:03 PM dvandorn Yeah -- unlike some of the other dark spots in the... Dec 28 2005, 12:08 PM djellison I dont think it is fine particles. I imagine it is... Dec 28 2005, 12:09 PM edstrick There is a lot of really not-understood sorting an... Dec 28 2005, 12:35 PM David Is the color-contrast seen at El Dorado similar, t... Dec 28 2005, 01:18 PM Tman When I have a look at this mosaics from Nico, I ge... Dec 28 2005, 01:21 PM ustrax I see it like this, winds coming from SE, bringing... Dec 28 2005, 01:49 PM djellison The prevailing wind is from the NNW however, look ... Dec 28 2005, 01:51 PM ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 28 2005, 01:51 PM)The ... Dec 28 2005, 02:05 PM ustrax Just forgot this, talking about volcanic sand patt... Dec 28 2005, 02:08 PM ustrax QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 28 2005, 02:08 PM)Just fo... Dec 28 2005, 02:26 PM helvick QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 28 2005, 03:05 PM)Yes Dou... Dec 28 2005, 02:22 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 28 2005, 09:05 AM)Yes Dou... Dec 28 2005, 02:36 PM Bill Harris QUOTE The dunes always forms in perpendicular angl... Dec 28 2005, 02:53 PM dot.dk WOW!!!
That IS amazing!! L... Dec 28 2005, 04:50 PM dot.dk LOOK at that! Dec 28 2005, 04:51 PM ustrax QUOTE (dot.dk @ Dec 28 2005, 04:51 PM)LOOK at... Dec 28 2005, 04:54 PM Tesheiner The full 360º navcam panorama.
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PD: Where... Dec 28 2005, 05:00 PM helvick Anybody else able to see qualitative differences i... Dec 28 2005, 05:08 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 28 2005, 12:08 PM)Anybod... Dec 28 2005, 05:25 PM ustrax QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 28 2005, 05:00 PM)The ... Dec 28 2005, 05:09 PM RNeuhaus Brahma beer must be inside of El Dorado So Spir... Dec 28 2005, 05:19 PM silylene QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 28 2005, 05:19 PM)Indee... Dec 28 2005, 05:59 PM silylene QUOTE (silylene @ Dec 28 2005, 05:59 PM)No mi... Dec 28 2005, 06:08 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 28 2005, 06:19 PM)Brahm... Dec 28 2005, 08:33 PM jabe you guys are toooo fast
was going to say the im... Dec 28 2005, 05:10 PM mhoward Yeah, what was somebody saying about just skirting... Dec 28 2005, 05:18 PM Burmese Spirit scooted several meters right into the stuff... Dec 28 2005, 05:53 PM mars loon QUOTE (Burmese @ Dec 28 2005, 05:53 PM)Spirit... Dec 28 2005, 06:18 PM ToSeek QUOTE (Burmese @ Dec 28 2005, 05:53 PM)Spirit... Dec 28 2005, 07:41 PM djellison A full NC mosaic instead of a partial + few L7/R1 ... Dec 28 2005, 05:58 PM djellison No microcraters suggests, one presumes at the macr... Dec 28 2005, 06:02 PM Bill Harris That was quick. I'm speechless.
The "da... Dec 28 2005, 07:26 PM Shaka YEEEEEEE HAAAAAA!!!!
Com... Dec 28 2005, 07:40 PM Tman But such "oops!" would be probably h... Dec 28 2005, 08:35 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 28 2005, 02:26 PM)Th... Dec 28 2005, 09:18 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 28 2005, 10:09 PM)No on... Dec 29 2005, 02:36 PM ustrax I'm a bit lost here...Are we already at the ba... Dec 29 2005, 03:46 PM Burmese The twitchy track Spirit left entering the dunes s... Dec 28 2005, 08:39 PM RNeuhaus
The sand is so fine and compact. Very different t... Dec 29 2005, 04:00 AM CosmicRocker It's always so fun to see something new. I wa... Dec 29 2005, 06:12 AM Phil Stooke Here is Tesheiner's nice pan in polar projecti... Dec 29 2005, 07:16 AM abalone QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Dec 29 2005, 06:16 PM)He... Dec 29 2005, 09:25 AM Bill Harris Thanks, Phil, I've been waiting for one of you... Dec 29 2005, 09:16 AM abalone QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 08:16 PM)Th... Dec 29 2005, 09:28 AM ustrax QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 09:16 AM)Th... Dec 29 2005, 10:04 AM Bill Harris Here is a .pdf of a paper on "Transverse Aeol... Dec 29 2005, 09:32 AM djellison From the pancam site, it looks like an MI mosaic, ... Dec 29 2005, 11:05 AM ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 29 2005, 11:05 AM)From... Dec 29 2005, 11:28 AM ustrax This criteria for naming places in Ultreya is just... Dec 29 2005, 11:47 AM Bill Harris No, no, no. Not that horsepucky.
By vortex I mea... Dec 29 2005, 11:48 AM ustrax QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 11:48 AM)No... Dec 29 2005, 12:58 PM Burmese I don't think they moved Just scanning the fe... Dec 29 2005, 03:50 PM ustrax QUOTE (Burmese @ Dec 29 2005, 03:50 PM)I don... Dec 29 2005, 04:04 PM mhoward QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 29 2005, 04:04 PM)Yes, So... Dec 29 2005, 05:03 PM djellison Very coarse grained stuff...
http://qt.explorator... Dec 29 2005, 04:55 PM jabe Will fine grain sands be underneath? Great sandbo... Dec 29 2005, 05:05 PM GregJG I am not a geologist; but, the sharp El Dorado bou... Dec 29 2005, 05:40 PM Bill Harris QUOTE am not a geologist; but, the sharp El Dorado... Dec 29 2005, 06:38 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 29 2005, 12:38 PM)..... Dec 30 2005, 06:05 AM Bill Harris Here is a 1x2 mosaic of two of the MI images from ... Dec 30 2005, 01:19 AM CosmicRocker The individual grains are quite well rounded, whic... Dec 30 2005, 06:52 AM Bill Harris This is an exciting time and every day brings in n... Dec 30 2005, 09:20 AM djellison QUOTE (Me on the 24th)What do you think - El Dorad... Dec 30 2005, 01:21 PM dot.dk It is remarkable how productive Spirit is these da... Dec 30 2005, 02:11 PM jabe latest pics are down..looking around at the dunes ... Dec 30 2005, 05:50 PM djellison I think it's a 9 x 2, not a 6 x 3 I was clos... Dec 30 2005, 06:09 PM mhoward Here's what's down so far (pretty false-co... Dec 30 2005, 06:43 PM ustrax Looking at the MI, and while the results don't... Dec 30 2005, 07:39 PM djellison Mossbauer and APXS will answer those questions, bu... Dec 30 2005, 07:52 PM |
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