Gusev Crater Walls No Longer Visible Options

[SFJCody]

No, not really! But at some point in the next few months it will happen. Meanwhile...

Cahokia pan location, early August:



Machu Picchu, today:




After the hills?

From a recent article:

Spirit, meanwhile, will continue to explore the Columbia Hills, possibly reaching their 100-meter summit, which would allow a 360-degree view that might result in some of the best photographs yet.

"The hills are interesting because they're much older geologically than the surrounding material," Callas says. "From there, we're looking at traversing down the back side (of Husband Hill). As long as these rovers are healthy, we can continue to go further."

[akuo]

I'm not sure if the hills should be clearer or not in the later pic. Looks about the same... Wonder if the rovers will be zapped by a dust storm in the end.

Anyway where is that article you quoted? I try to read all MER related articles, but even the web pages gathering them (eg. http://www.marsnews.com/) don't seem to catch everything.

[SFJCody]

They do appear equally clear in both images. But the quantity of dust suspended in the atmosphere will soon begin to increase...




Article

Mars News gathering site

[SFJCody]

Couple more (prob. illusory) features:

Two lines at the hill/plains boundary that look a little like terraces. The edge of a debris flow?:





Also appear in a cPROTO image that covers West Spur:



Is this the eastern rim of Gusev peeking through a gap in the Columbia hills?






A reminder of Gusev topography: