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Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater |
 Dec 26 2008, 11:09 PM
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And all the pressing of instruments up against it caused it to move a bit.
(Just noticed that the time stamp is an hour off--anyone else notice time problems?) -------------------- |
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Dec 27 2008, 02:43 AM
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QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 26 2008, 06:09 PM)  (Just noticed that the time stamp is an hour off--anyone else notice time problems?) Is there daylight savings time on Mars? 
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Dec 27 2008, 02:58 AM
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QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 26 2008, 03:09 PM) And all the pressing of instruments up against it caused it to move a bit. (Just noticed that the time stamp is an hour off--anyone else notice time problems?) I had not noticed the cobble had been moved. One of the placements must have pressed too much on the cobble. BTW, the cobble was NOT RAT-brushed. MB (1 placement), MI, APXS (2 placements) only. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Dec 27 2008, 06:08 AM
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...assuming a Spock-like persona, I'll describe that as "interesting."
-------------------- ...Tom
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Dec 27 2008, 06:12 AM
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QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Dec 26 2008, 06:43 PM) Is there daylight savings time on Mars? sol-light? I hate when those autumn days suddenly end an hour earlier.
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Dec 27 2008, 03:10 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Dec 26 2008, 09:58 PM) I had not noticed the cobble had been moved. One of the placements must have pressed too much on the cobble. BTW, the cobble was NOT RAT-brushed. MB (1 placement), MI, APXS (2 placements) only. Paolo Thanks for the info. I have removed the reference to the brush from the Santorini images. |
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 Dec 28 2008, 01:38 AM
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Hmmm. The bright surface does look mostly clean - I would be nonplussed if told it was covered with dust like the adjacent front surface. So what goes on here?
 I don't suppose the rock could have been so disturbed that it turned over, revealing its underside?? That could be dust-free. If not flipped over, could rocks in this area be generally cleaned of dust on one side by peculiar local winds? Curiouser and curiouser. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Dec 28 2008, 07:35 AM
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Yeah. I'm guessing that since most of the soft bedrock in this area that is standing above the basal elevation appears to be eroding, any cobbles are also being sandblasted regularly.
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Dec 28 2008, 08:12 AM
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Adding a bit of colour...
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Dec 29 2008, 12:00 AM
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Working on some new image processing tricks. Here are some Navcam red-blue anaglyph views from the current location...
   
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Dec 29 2008, 09:49 PM
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Is there any word on when we'll get moving?
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Dec 30 2008, 12:16 AM
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Nothing from the pancam web. I wouldn't expect anything until after the holidays.
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Dec 30 2008, 12:46 AM
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QUOTE (gregp1962 @ Dec 29 2008, 01:49 PM) Is there any word on when we'll get moving? We first need to complete the IDD campaign in this area. Possibly we might be moving as early as Wednesday, more likely middle or end of next week. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Dec 30 2008, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Dec 30 2008, 01:46 AM) Possibly we might be moving as early as Wednesday, more likely middle or end of next week. Thanks for the info, Paolo ! ... looking forward to the continuation of the Trip  P.S.: does someone have a link/formula where one could look up the current status wrt. "restricted/non-restricted" sols for the rover ? |
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Jan 1 2009, 03:38 PM
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I would hate to get anyone's hopes up, but the latest pancam downloads look suspiciously like drive direction shots.
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...BBP2390L2M1.JPG |
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