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First Dust Devil this season - any bets?
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post Dec 12 2006, 09:36 PM
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Now that we're coming through another Martian winter at Gusev, anyone want to wager a Mars Bar on what sol we will be seeing our first dust devil this season?


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post Feb 10 2007, 03:56 PM
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Kind of wondering whether Spirit will get as much DD action (cleaning) as it did last year. They really seem to fire up out there on the plain, but the Home Plate region is a small, round little valley, and this sort of topography isn't as condusive to convection cell formation... unsure.gif IIRC, Spirit was in much more open areas during the previous cleaning events.

EDIT: Hey, post 900! Gee, I wonder why I'm so far behind on my homework... rolleyes.gif


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- ilbasso   First Dust Devil this season - any bets?   Dec 12 2006, 09:36 PM
- - climber   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Dec 12 2006, 10:36 PM) N...   Dec 12 2006, 09:45 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Speaking of dust devils at Gusev, Greeley et al. j...   Dec 12 2006, 10:01 PM
- - Stu   Link to that image...   Dec 12 2006, 10:09 PM
- - jamescanvin   Great another pool. So the first DD was seen o...   Dec 13 2006, 12:00 AM
- - climber   1054, the year of the Crab Nebulae formation. Woul...   Dec 13 2006, 07:18 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (climber @ Dec 13 2006, 07:18 AM) W...   Dec 13 2006, 02:04 PM
- - Tesheiner   Mmm, as you said James, Spirit is not located at t...   Dec 13 2006, 07:38 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 13 2006, 07:38 AM)...   Dec 13 2006, 12:22 PM
- - slinted   Latitudinal dependency in dust devil activity on M...   Dec 13 2006, 09:36 AM
- - climber   Can't remember the approx. time of the Sol the...   Dec 13 2006, 12:01 PM
- - Rakhir   1100 for me.   Dec 13 2006, 01:40 PM
- - Pertinax   Hmm, That is a good question -- our viewing loca...   Dec 13 2006, 02:08 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I definitely have to side with the optimistic mino...   Dec 13 2006, 03:00 PM
|- - Marz   I'm betting on a late season sighting of Sol 1...   Dec 13 2006, 03:52 PM
- - alan   Spirit need to move out of this low spot first. A ...   Dec 13 2006, 06:16 PM
- - fredk   I vote for a Christmas present dd, let's say s...   Dec 14 2006, 12:40 AM
- - dvandorn   I'll go for Sol 1066 -- and will be looking ca...   Dec 14 2006, 03:46 AM
- - edstrick   Let's not be too... Hastings ... about it.   Dec 14 2006, 09:56 AM
|- - Shaka   Somewhere out there, Ed, Bob Shaw is smiling proud...   Dec 14 2006, 06:31 PM
- - edstrick   Of course, it could be Storming Norman, but black-...   Dec 15 2006, 10:59 AM
- - alan   QUOTE (slinted @ Dec 13 2006, 03:36 AM) [...   Dec 16 2006, 04:49 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (alan @ Dec 16 2006, 04:49 PM) Is t...   Dec 16 2006, 06:28 PM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (alan @ Dec 16 2006, 08:49 AM) Is t...   Dec 17 2006, 02:30 PM
- - CosmicRocker   That is excellent news. We optimists really neede...   Dec 17 2006, 06:18 AM
- - fredk   SF = subframe fast may be some parameter for the ...   Dec 17 2006, 06:35 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Oh darn. SubFrame...duh! I guess that was so...   Dec 17 2006, 07:38 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (slinted @ Dec 17 2006, 08:30 AM) ....   Dec 24 2006, 05:30 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   I bid ten Quatlos for Feb 1st. Bob Shaw   Dec 24 2006, 11:14 PM
- - nprev   Mmmm...twenty quatloos on 23 Jan....   Dec 24 2006, 11:46 PM
|- - jamescanvin   Looks like nprev wins the pool. QUOTE (nprev...   Jan 23 2007, 09:48 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jan 23 2007, 01:48 P...   Feb 9 2007, 03:36 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 24 2006, 05:14 PM) ...   Dec 25 2006, 12:01 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (alan @ Dec 25 2006, 12:01 AM) Hey,...   Dec 25 2006, 12:30 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 25 2006, 01:30 AM) ...   Dec 25 2006, 08:52 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 25 2006, 12:30 AM) ...   Dec 28 2006, 06:50 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 28 2006, 06:50 PM) G...   Dec 28 2006, 07:29 PM
- - edstrick   Given their beneficial effect on Rover power level...   Dec 29 2006, 12:36 PM
|- - helvick   I think not - see Phil Plaits BA entry on someone ...   Dec 29 2006, 04:23 PM
|- - Steve   QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 29 2006, 11:23 AM) I...   Dec 29 2006, 08:31 PM
|- - ilbasso   ^^^ Gee, just seeing faces in the rocks on Mars se...   Jan 2 2007, 07:07 PM
|- - ustrax   Major dust storm at Gusev!   Jan 3 2007, 12:38 PM
- - Ant103   O_o It's clearly visible on these two images ...   Jan 3 2007, 01:55 PM
- - Sunspot   The shadows look very dark again in this latest ha...   Jan 10 2007, 10:34 AM
- - slinted   There's a short update on Mark Lemmon's pa...   Jan 16 2007, 09:04 PM
- - Mizar   If you look at dilo's animation in this thread...   Jan 23 2007, 07:52 PM
- - fredk   Good eye, Mizar! I was just staring at the ob...   Jan 23 2007, 08:01 PM
- - Pertinax   Ditto, good eyes. I was coming over to note the ...   Jan 23 2007, 08:43 PM
- - Mizar   Thanks fredk and Pertinax. Let's hope they gr...   Jan 23 2007, 08:54 PM
- - Floyd   New Dust Devil on spirit pancam Edit: Too excit...   Feb 9 2007, 02:35 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Floyd @ Feb 9 2007, 06:35 AM) New ...   Feb 9 2007, 03:29 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 9 2007, 09:29 AM...   Feb 9 2007, 04:08 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 9 2007, 03:29 PM...   Feb 11 2007, 08:29 AM
- - djellison   cough navcam ahem. Cool DD though   Feb 9 2007, 02:58 PM
- - jvandriel   The first dust devil this season in his full conte...   Feb 10 2007, 02:05 PM
- - nprev   Kind of wondering whether Spirit will get as much ...   Feb 10 2007, 03:56 PM
|- - MizarKey   QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 10 2007, 07:56 AM) Kin...   Feb 12 2007, 06:28 AM
- - hortonheardawho   Sol 1103 dust devil: There is a Flickr image no...   Feb 11 2007, 02:53 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (hortonheardawho @ Feb 11 2007, 03...   Feb 11 2007, 10:06 AM
- - Stu   Here you are Dan... JUST OUT OF REACH They taunt...   Feb 12 2007, 09:56 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 12 2007, 01:56 AM) - unt...   Feb 15 2007, 03:26 PM
- - Astro0   Stu's channeling one of the Rovers again. Scar...   Feb 12 2007, 11:15 AM
- - Ant103   Spirit contunue atmospherics observations. Added t...   Feb 13 2007, 11:29 AM
- - Ant103   A board to show the difference of dust accumulatio...   Feb 15 2007, 01:47 PM
- - jvandriel   Dust Devil moving on Sol 1086. It is hard to see ...   Feb 15 2007, 09:21 PM
- - Floyd   Another little DD with the navcam. This time I h...   Feb 21 2007, 11:14 PM
|- - ustrax   Horton's DD   Feb 26 2007, 03:43 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Floyd @ Feb 22 2007, 12:14 AM) Sho...   Feb 27 2007, 09:06 AM
- - elakdawalla   Don't know if this has been mentioned elsewher...   Feb 26 2007, 04:22 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Thanks for catching that Emily. I have some extra...   Feb 26 2007, 06:31 PM
- - alan   nice one http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/n...   Feb 27 2007, 06:58 AM

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