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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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Jan 5 2006, 12:01 PM
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Fantastic to see Spirit pass the two year mark in the last few days.
Opportunity's arrivial anniversary coming up rapidly. What a remarkable adventure, full of incredible images. Thought I'd drop onto he forum and put another little image contribution forward. Inspired by the recent pic of El Dorado above, here's Spirit dipping her 'toes' in. just for fun Astro0
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Jan 5 2006, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 5 2006, 02:01 PM) Fantastic to see Spirit pass the two year mark in the last few days. Opportunity's arrivial anniversary coming up rapidly. What a remarkable adventure, full of incredible images. Thought I'd drop onto he forum and put another little image contribution forward. Inspired by the recent pic of El Dorado above, here's Spirit dipping her 'toes' in. just for fun Astro0
 Very good work Astro0, congrats ! especuially with the realistic shadow and sun glares ... gives a real feel of scale to this world ... Nirgal |
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May 26 2006, 03:00 PM
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-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 26 2006, 03:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ May 26 2006, 10:00 AM) Thanks for the post. Dumb question of the day; what is the difference between a megaripple and a small dune? I always thought aeolian ripples were just "micro-dunes", but this paper makes it sound like they are different beasts. Aren't they both formed by saltation? Does a dune require different grain sizes to allow it to form classic dune structures, whereas a ripple implies only small waveforms are possible? |
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May 26 2006, 03:50 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (Marz @ May 26 2006, 04:38 PM) Thanks for the post. Dumb question of the day; what is the difference between a megaripple and a small dune? I always thought aeolian ripples were just "micro-dunes", but this paper makes it sound like they are different beasts. Aren't they both formed by saltation? Does a dune require different grain sizes to allow it to form classic dune structures, whereas a ripple implies only small waveforms are possible? On megaripples: https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mspieg/CMG20...ega_ripples.pdf -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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djellison To El Dorado... Dec 24 2005, 06:15 PM
jvandriel and here a view taken with the L navcam on Sol 705... Jan 4 2006, 12:59 PM jvandriel Spirit on the summit of El Dorado
A panoramic ... Jan 4 2006, 01:02 PM jvandriel A panoramic view of El Dorado taken by the L2 Panc... Jan 4 2006, 03:44 PM jvandriel I made a new stitch because one of the images was ... Jan 4 2006, 09:09 PM
Nirgal QUOTE (jvandriel @ Jan 4 2006, 11:09 PM)I mad... Jan 4 2006, 09:17 PM jvandriel Nirgal,
thanks for your kind words.
Regarding th... Jan 4 2006, 09:46 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (ustrax @ May 26 2006, 10:00 AM) Fr... May 26 2006, 03:39 PM |
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