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Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters...
sattrackpro
post Feb 28 2006, 05:17 PM
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It seems it might be time to start a post about the run to the hills... there are few days left to get Spirit to a winter-friendly spot somewhere up there - with all those tempting spots that we ~might~ be able to stop by on the way. That is - if we don't dally too long at each! smile.gif

A discussion of what the best spot would be, and why it would be the best spot seems in order - along with what the best targets on the way would be interesting.

I'm looking forward to the possibility that we'll have a chance to see several outcrops that appear to have layers, maybe similar in some respects to HP. Or will they be?

I'm also looking forward to the possibility that we might get a look from the top of these hills, off to the South as winter ends, before we descend from the hills and head to the "Promised Land."

Later I'll post some snips of locations I'm hoping to see up-close... thought I'd get it done on posting - but, just had an 'emergency' that demands quick departure! sad.gif
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- sattrackpro   Run For The Hills!   Feb 28 2006, 05:17 PM
- - jvandriel   Thanks Nico for your kind words. I am glad you li...   Apr 6 2006, 09:02 PM
- - aldo12xu   Great rendering, jv, and nice to get an overall vi...   Apr 6 2006, 09:19 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's jvandriel's pan from sol 800 in a c...   Apr 6 2006, 10:26 PM
- - sattrackpro   I expect that the #1 alternative is at the bottom ...   Apr 7 2006, 01:14 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Apr 7 2006, 01:14 AM...   Apr 7 2006, 02:23 AM
- - Shaka   http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html...   Apr 7 2006, 02:58 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 7 2006, 08:46 AM) Look...   Apr 7 2006, 09:02 AM
- - Tesheiner   I prepared this "energy map" on a navcam...   Apr 7 2006, 10:14 AM
- - Sunspot   making much better progress now. http://qt.exp...   Apr 7 2006, 11:42 AM
- - Tesheiner   Almost 10m westwards. (139k) (Annotated sol 802 ...   Apr 7 2006, 11:52 AM
- - Bill Harris   Whew, she is safe now (or about to be). She is he...   Apr 7 2006, 12:31 PM
|- - OWW   Quite a few ripples around that ridge though. I ho...   Apr 7 2006, 12:42 PM
- - djellison   In an ideal world - you get to McCool hill - start...   Apr 7 2006, 12:45 PM
|- - OWW   Is there any evidence that the windgusts only occu...   Apr 7 2006, 12:48 PM
- - djellison   Well - there's evidence in so far as the only ...   Apr 7 2006, 12:50 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 7 2006, 02:50 PM) ...   Apr 7 2006, 01:10 PM
- - sattrackpro   That is good progress, Tesh. About 33-35 feet... ...   Apr 7 2006, 12:50 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE What I don't understand is why they went...   Apr 7 2006, 01:44 PM
- - centsworth_II   Now that a wheel has failed, its a whole new ballg...   Apr 7 2006, 05:49 PM
- - mhoward   Slideshow updated with Sol 803.   Apr 8 2006, 12:50 AM
- - sattrackpro   Well... in looking at where Spirit stopped on Sol ...   Apr 8 2006, 11:50 AM
|- - dilo   Look at this strange, thin white track! (Sol8...   Apr 8 2006, 12:32 PM
||- - fredk   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 8 2006, 12:32 PM) Look ...   Apr 8 2006, 07:39 PM
||- - Shaka   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 8 2006, 02:32 AM) Look ...   Apr 8 2006, 07:55 PM
|- - odave   QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Apr 8 2006, 07:50 AM...   Apr 8 2006, 12:42 PM
- - Bill Harris   That is it. Look at the shadow-enhanced FHazcam f...   Apr 8 2006, 08:26 PM
|- - dilo   Very good catch, Bill (as usual! ). In fact,...   Apr 8 2006, 08:48 PM
- - lyford   Shopping for a Dry Line Marker? - Compare Prices: ...   Apr 8 2006, 10:07 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   Rule 3.5 - Un needed quote removed. Doug Good jok...   Apr 9 2006, 01:10 AM
- - Bill Harris   Jumbo "100" Dry Line Marker by Stackhous...   Apr 9 2006, 01:28 AM
- - Tesheiner   Sol 805 driving was executed, adding some 8-9m to ...   Apr 9 2006, 01:10 PM
|- - bergadder   I don't get it... where are they heading? ...   Apr 9 2006, 02:12 PM
- - djellison   The small hill you can see in that navcam mosaic a...   Apr 9 2006, 03:13 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   Rule 3.5 - Un needed quote removed. Doug The abov...   Apr 9 2006, 03:23 PM
- - djellison   They're travelling west, to get on the norther...   Apr 9 2006, 03:27 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 9 2006, 05:27 PM) ...   Apr 9 2006, 08:22 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 9 2006, 10:22 PM) ...   Apr 10 2006, 01:12 PM
- - ljk4-1   Does anyone still try to tell the time of day on M...   Apr 9 2006, 03:49 PM
- - Ant103   Hello! I've made this view from four panca...   Apr 9 2006, 05:22 PM
- - djellison   currently - it's on a mild, what I think is a ...   Apr 9 2006, 08:25 PM
- - jvandriel   Here is the pancam L1 panorama taken on Sol 799. ...   Apr 9 2006, 08:50 PM
- - jvandriel   Here is the left navcam panoramic view taken on So...   Apr 10 2006, 11:25 AM
|- - sattrackpro   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 10 2006, 04:25 AM)...   Apr 10 2006, 12:33 PM
||- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Apr 10 2006, 01:33 P...   Apr 10 2006, 02:24 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 10 2006, 06:25 AM)...   Apr 10 2006, 03:02 PM
- - jvandriel   Here is the complete 360 degree panoramic view fro...   Apr 10 2006, 07:06 PM
- - jvandriel   The same view but now more centered on the wheeltr...   Apr 10 2006, 07:55 PM
|- - Shaka   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 10 2006, 09:55 AM)...   Apr 10 2006, 08:09 PM
|- - helvick   Good news from SS via New Scientist 20% boost due ...   Apr 10 2006, 08:50 PM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 10 2006, 08:50 PM) G...   Apr 11 2006, 03:06 PM
- - sattrackpro   Thanks Bob, for the info on ‘Stitcher’ – and thank...   Apr 11 2006, 03:47 AM
- - FIN Mars   again Magma rocks. but now very large. http://mars...   Apr 11 2006, 10:31 AM
- - SigurRosFan   Spirit is safe at Low Ridge Haven! - http://w...   Apr 11 2006, 01:45 PM
|- - antoniseb   QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Apr 11 2006, 07:45 A...   Apr 11 2006, 02:04 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Now, Spirit has got a new routine sitting on the t...   Apr 11 2006, 02:01 PM
- - odave   Another round of heroics from the MER planners and...   Apr 11 2006, 03:50 PM
- - RNeuhaus   The wind always goes stronger on top the hill. It ...   Apr 11 2006, 05:05 PM
- - general   Looking back: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spi...   Apr 11 2006, 06:17 PM
- - Dyche Mullins   Hmm. I'm no geologist, but from that image it ...   Apr 11 2006, 10:02 PM
- - Jeff7   So Spirit's basically at or very near where it...   Apr 11 2006, 11:33 PM
|- - sattrackpro   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Apr 11 2006, 04:33 PM) So ...   Apr 12 2006, 02:35 AM
||- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Apr 11 2006, 09:35 P...   Apr 12 2006, 02:16 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Apr 11 2006, 03:33 PM) So ...   Apr 12 2006, 04:51 AM
- - jvandriel   The view into the drive direction. Taken on Sol 8...   Apr 12 2006, 09:12 AM
- - djellison   A little bit worse than the cream-curve in this gr...   Apr 12 2006, 02:23 PM
|- - sattrackpro   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 12 2006, 07:23 AM)...   Apr 12 2006, 06:18 PM
|- - MahFL   8 months at Low Ridge Haven, I hope we don't g...   Apr 13 2006, 02:24 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (MahFL @ Apr 12 2006, 09:24 PM) 8 m...   Apr 13 2006, 05:04 PM
- - ljk4-1   News Release: 2006-054 ...   Apr 13 2006, 02:29 AM
- - jamescanvin   Finally caught up with myself after my holiday. I...   Apr 13 2006, 04:34 AM
|- - dilo   Sol807 NavCam stitch: I think this will become a ...   Apr 13 2006, 06:15 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 13 2006, 08:15 AM) Sol8...   Apr 13 2006, 08:19 AM
|- - paxdan   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 13 2006, 07:15 AM) I th...   Apr 13 2006, 09:10 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (paxdan @ Apr 13 2006, 09:10 AM) I ...   Apr 13 2006, 09:46 AM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 13 2006, 04:46 AM) I...   Apr 13 2006, 02:36 PM
- - Ant103   You have notice that the sky look very dark this s...   Apr 13 2006, 08:58 AM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Apr 13 2006, 01:58 AM) Yo...   Apr 13 2006, 11:02 AM
|- - ljk4-1   [quote name=No Quote needed when replying - remove...   Apr 13 2006, 01:20 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   It's *not* the dust devils - pretty well rando...   Apr 13 2006, 01:22 PM
|- - climber   Don't worry Bob, it won't stop! ...   Apr 13 2006, 01:54 PM
|- - Ames   Ouch! Isn't it a stainless steel brush? T...   Apr 13 2006, 02:28 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 13 2006, 04:46 AM) I...   Apr 13 2006, 02:30 PM
- - djellison   The only bit of the arrays that the IDD could reac...   Apr 13 2006, 02:33 PM
- - jvandriel   How about this one? A great view. A complete 360...   Apr 13 2006, 06:48 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 13 2006, 06:48 PM)...   Apr 13 2006, 07:02 PM
- - jvandriel   Spirit looking down on the solar panels. Taken wi...   Apr 13 2006, 07:27 PM
|- - climber   Beautifull work again! Solar panels doesn...   Apr 13 2006, 08:32 PM
|- - mhoward   Here's a different view: (North is up)   Apr 13 2006, 09:25 PM
- - Ant103   QUOTE How do they know how dusty the panels are ? ...   Apr 13 2006, 09:11 PM
- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Apr 13 2006, 10:11 PM) Th...   Apr 13 2006, 09:28 PM
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