[X] My Assistant

[fredk]

I was wondering what the faint brightening was running across this left pancam view from the morning of sol 1083 comet search. Now that we have the corresponding right image we can see that the faint band is actually the horizon line and the left frame is actually mostly glare, perhaps from the rising sun?

[djellison]

I think there must be a bug in the naming there - those two images can't have been taken at the same time - they are totally different pointings.

Doug

[fredk]

Doug, you actually can see the horizon line in that left frame, if you look very closely. It matches the location from the other left frame that morning. (The 2 right frames that morning show that the camera didn't move between shots.) It's just that the image of the sky in the left frame in question is almost completely swamped by some glare that's mostly in the lower left of the frame. If you look at the thumbnails it's pretty clear.

[djellison]

Well that is just astonishing...totally bleached out. Bizarre

Doug

[jvandriel]

The Panoramic view on Sol 1087.

Taken with the L0 Navcam.

jvandriel

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[jvandriel]

Here is a mosaic taken with the Mi cam on Sol 1085.

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[Tesheiner]

We have some fresh images from Spirit at the exploratorium. It moved again on sol 1089 towards Tyrone and is currently midway on this trek.
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2007-01-25/
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2007-01-26/

This is my attempt of sol 1087 navcam mosaic including Spirit's current position.

[climber]

Here we are : 1000 sols over garenty

[jvandriel]

The panoramic view looking back.

Taken wth the L7 Pancam on Sol 1087.

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[djellison]

Who'd have thought they'd need drive direction imagery after spending eleventy seven million sols parked in the area.

Doug

[Tman]

It could be that in the meantime some rock toppled or a meteorite impacted a large hole

[mhoward]

[Shaka]

Hmmm... back to the 'popcorn sulfides'. I wonder if we dare try to travel along them to get nearer to the morass, or if this location becomes our perch to mini-Tes the area. Do the codes show more driving tomorrow?

[mhoward]

You know, from here, with the benefit of hindsight, I think the area where Spirit got stuck looks like the big sand trap that it turned out to be. I still think there is a way around to the south - but I gather from the Mission Update that they'll be heading back to Home Plate after finishing at Tyrone. There is certainly no shortage of targets around here - I hope Spirit can keep going for a long time.

[Shaka]

From the statements of SS and others in the hierarchy, I conclude that climbing McCool, or any other hill with lots of exposed bedrock, is now in the 'too hard' basket. I concede that it would be a form of Russian roulette, with the stuck wheel. I think the PIs will be looking for scientific targets Spirit can reach while plowing through sand, probably from Home Plate toward the south.