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Post Marquette Island, The continuing journey to Endeavour Crater
fredk
post Jan 12 2010, 10:53 PM
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Perhaps it's now time to start a new topic: Oppy has hit the road again! Here's the view looking back from sol 2122:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...1SP1211R0M1.JPG
And the view forward, towards Fresh Crater, our next destination?
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...1SP2355R1M1.JPG
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- fredk   Post Marquette Island   Jan 12 2010, 10:53 PM
- - Stu   Guess that answers my question! (We posted at ...   Jan 12 2010, 10:56 PM
- - fredk   It looks like a relatively short drive to the sout...   Jan 13 2010, 12:43 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 13 2010, 01:43 AM) But...   Jan 13 2010, 11:32 AM
|- - MahFL   I think the rover team will be dismayed for someon...   Jan 13 2010, 02:33 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 12 2010, 06:43 PM) It ...   Jan 13 2010, 04:15 PM
- - BrianL   Aaaah, is there anything more beautiful than fresh...   Jan 13 2010, 05:45 AM
- - Stu   Interesting outcrop... thingy... Oppy drove to yes...   Jan 13 2010, 06:31 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 12 2010, 10:31 PM) Inter...   Jan 13 2010, 02:55 PM
- - Stu   You're right Dan, that's a fascinating obj...   Jan 13 2010, 04:18 PM
- - mhoward   That does look interesting. Kind of a mess, but h...   Jan 13 2010, 04:26 PM
|- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 14 2010, 01:56 AM) i...   Jan 13 2010, 08:56 PM
- - Stu   Just for fun, a comparison of "Fresh Crater...   Jan 13 2010, 06:42 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 13 2010, 06:42 PM) And a...   Jan 13 2010, 09:29 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A very rough reprojection of a pan from the last e...   Jan 13 2010, 09:42 PM
- - Stu   Today's view of "Fresh Crater"... h...   Jan 13 2010, 10:01 PM
- - fredk   After the new drive on sol 2123, "fresh crate...   Jan 13 2010, 10:41 PM
- - MarkG   As has been noted, the current surface of Meridian...   Jan 14 2010, 01:03 AM
|- - marsophile   QUOTE (MarkG @ Jan 13 2010, 06:03 PM) As ...   Jan 14 2010, 08:46 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Right, fredk, I was having a bit of trouble locati...   Jan 14 2010, 01:10 AM
- - imipak   As MarkG notes above, 'Fresh Crater' is al...   Jan 14 2010, 01:48 PM
- - ngunn   If I recall earlier discussions correctly I think ...   Jan 14 2010, 01:53 PM
- - Stu   This is very interesting to me, too. I can't w...   Jan 14 2010, 03:21 PM
- - Tman   Hard to say what might come into view but there wa...   Jan 14 2010, 04:20 PM
- - Ant103   Finally, some good pic to process !! ...   Jan 14 2010, 05:01 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Nice! "Fresh Crater" seems to be on...   Jan 14 2010, 08:54 PM
- - Stu   Getting closer...   Jan 14 2010, 09:09 PM
- - fredk   The sol 2124 drive seems to have crossed the open ...   Jan 14 2010, 09:19 PM
- - Tesheiner   This drive crossed the 19km mark too.   Jan 14 2010, 10:30 PM
- - JayB   may have been noted before but Fresh Crater has a ...   Jan 14 2010, 10:52 PM
|- - sgendreau   QUOTE (JayB @ Jan 14 2010, 02:52 PM) @Mar...   Jan 15 2010, 05:49 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (JayB @ Jan 14 2010, 10:52 PM) @Mar...   Jan 15 2010, 08:57 PM
- - Tesheiner   Thanks for pointing that, Jay. It's the first ...   Jan 14 2010, 11:05 PM
- - BrianL   Perhaps too soon to declare a trend, but the coupl...   Jan 15 2010, 04:34 AM
- - Stu   Farewell view of "Marquette Island" (I t...   Jan 15 2010, 03:06 PM
- - Ant103   Sol 2124 navcam pan   Jan 15 2010, 08:04 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Nice one! Here it is reprojected into a vague...   Jan 15 2010, 08:42 PM
- - Stu   ... and slightly closer...   Jan 15 2010, 08:52 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 15 2010, 09:52 PM) ... a...   Jan 15 2010, 09:21 PM
- - HughFromAlice   Been busy - away for work - and good to come back ...   Jan 17 2010, 09:25 AM
- - Ant103   Sol 2125 drive direction in color. The rocks of Fr...   Jan 17 2010, 11:19 AM
|- - MarkG   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jan 17 2010, 03:19 AM) So...   Jan 17 2010, 08:36 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (MarkG @ Jan 17 2010, 09:36 PM) Hop...   Jan 17 2010, 09:36 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 17 2010, 10:36 PM)...   Jan 18 2010, 12:18 AM
- - jamescanvin   Just managed to grab a few minutes of 'Mars ti...   Jan 17 2010, 10:25 PM
- - HughFromAlice   Quick one of 3 pancams sets Sol 2127 (Sun Jan 17 2...   Jan 18 2010, 01:17 PM
- - fredk   Another drive on sol 2128. Conception/Fresh Crate...   Jan 18 2010, 09:22 PM
|- - sgendreau   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 18 2010, 01:22 PM) Con...   Jan 18 2010, 10:37 PM
- - Stu   Some interesting detail becoming visible now... ...   Jan 18 2010, 09:55 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2010, 10:55 PM) So le...   Jan 18 2010, 10:09 PM
- - Tesheiner   Yep, the ripples are big. But Opportunity has cros...   Jan 19 2010, 12:00 AM
- - Phil Stooke   "how big ARE those dunes? " Not too big...   Jan 19 2010, 01:16 AM
- - Ant103   Sol 2128 pancam & navcam drive direction pans   Jan 19 2010, 07:09 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jan 19 2010, 08:09 PM) So...   Jan 19 2010, 07:57 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Jan 19 2010, 08:57 PM...   Jan 19 2010, 09:01 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (climber @ Jan 19 2010, 10:01 PM) S...   Jan 19 2010, 09:09 PM
- - Ant103   Merci Olivier Adding the color version with on m...   Jan 20 2010, 09:57 AM
- - Tesheiner   We're getting closer... About 70m closer. Thi...   Jan 20 2010, 09:01 PM
- - Stu   New navcams up... Oh, I can almost smell those roc...   Jan 20 2010, 09:01 PM
- - Tesheiner   Looking to the latest route map, we're at almo...   Jan 20 2010, 09:54 PM
- - Stu   Really looking forward to seeing new pancams... th...   Jan 20 2010, 09:58 PM
- - fredk   Can't wait for pancams too. And I'm wonde...   Jan 21 2010, 02:15 AM
- - alan   Some peaks visible over the horizon http://207.7....   Jan 21 2010, 04:41 AM
- - nprev   Nice! The far rim of Endeavour, I assume?   Jan 21 2010, 05:28 AM
- - fredk   Not Endeavour. Those bits are from Iazu. The sky...   Jan 21 2010, 05:37 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 21 2010, 05:37 AM) Not...   Jan 21 2010, 09:47 AM
- - Astro0   While we wait for the experts (James, Ant etc ),...   Jan 21 2010, 06:07 AM
- - Stu   Nice one, Astro0! And the view in 3D... Som...   Jan 21 2010, 06:34 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 21 2010, 07:34 AM) Some ...   Jan 21 2010, 09:42 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (climber @ Jan 21 2010, 09:42 AM) H...   Jan 21 2010, 09:57 AM
- - Ant103   Sol 2130 drive direction pans Can't wait ...   Jan 21 2010, 09:13 AM
- - ngunn   I read climber as referring to the rolling hills o...   Jan 21 2010, 12:25 PM
- - jamescanvin   My take is that those are just more big ripples a ...   Jan 21 2010, 01:04 PM
- - Phil Stooke   " it would be nice to have a distant horizon ...   Jan 21 2010, 02:47 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I love the suspense of these approaches. It remin...   Jan 21 2010, 03:41 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 21 2010, 04:41 P...   Jan 21 2010, 03:45 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 21 2010, 03:41 P...   Jan 21 2010, 04:10 PM
- - fredk   As ngunn said, Conception is about a metre or so h...   Jan 21 2010, 04:17 PM
- - Stu   Quick reminder of just where we are... I know I...   Jan 21 2010, 04:41 PM
- - charborob   Well said, Stu.   Jan 21 2010, 04:45 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Our eager anticipators may find this interesting: ...   Jan 21 2010, 04:48 PM
- - Floyd   Very good information. Thanks for the link Phil.   Jan 21 2010, 05:01 PM
- - Stu   That's quite a droolsome prospect Phil...!   Jan 21 2010, 05:08 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Just try not to dribble on me! Phil   Jan 21 2010, 05:15 PM
- - Tesheiner   Hey! That's a really good piece of info. T...   Jan 21 2010, 05:29 PM
|- - NW71   Evening All. As a first post please don't sav...   Jan 21 2010, 06:09 PM
|- - Tesheiner   This paper is a gem! QUOTE (NW71 @ Jan 2...   Jan 21 2010, 08:46 PM
- - Stu   Welcome to UMSF, Neil! Hope you enjoy being he...   Jan 21 2010, 06:20 PM
- - fredk   Wow, that's a great find, Phil! It does l...   Jan 21 2010, 06:21 PM
- - fredk   Looking at that map reminds me of an odd Victoria-...   Jan 21 2010, 06:48 PM
- - Marz   Thanks, Phil. It'd be nice to get our hands o...   Jan 21 2010, 07:00 PM
|- - SFJCody   I've been looking at the map contained in the ...   Jan 21 2010, 08:24 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jan 21 2010, 09:24 PM) I...   Jan 21 2010, 10:59 PM
- - Tesheiner   ... and the pictures from today's drive (sol 2...   Jan 21 2010, 08:57 PM
- - Egon   Sorry if my post is a bit offtopic, but I don...   Jan 21 2010, 09:34 PM
- - Stu   Some interesting info about why Marquette Island w...   Jan 21 2010, 09:39 PM
|- - NW71   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 21 2010, 09:39 PM) Some ...   Jan 21 2010, 10:21 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 21 2010, 02:39 PM) Some ...   Jan 22 2010, 06:55 AM
- - Stu   One more drive and we're there... I hope so...   Jan 22 2010, 06:43 AM
- - Tesheiner   Mmm, I think the whole Yazu crater is becoming vis...   Jan 22 2010, 06:56 AM
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