Solander Point, Sol 3387 - 3511 (August 4, 2013 - December 12, 2013) |
Solander Point, Sol 3387 - 3511 (August 4, 2013 - December 12, 2013) |
Aug 4 2013, 08:39 PM
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Aug 4 2013, 10:48 PM
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Aug 4 2013, 11:05 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 5 2013, 12:07 AM
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-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 5 2013, 09:49 PM
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http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E2P2415L7M2.JPG
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2418R2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...TLP2417L2M3.JPG I have a sudden itch to put on my sturdy hiking boots! It's amazing how abrupt the contact between the blocky material of the hillside and the sulphate-sandstone plains is. Hardly any hillside rocks have been scattered out onto the plains. How many billions of years has this scene been sitting undisturbed, waiting for us...? <drifts off into planetary reverie> |
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Aug 6 2013, 12:28 AM
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http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E2P2415L7M2.JPG
So that's where I left that box of old floppy disks... Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 6 2013, 12:26 PM
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The monthly report by Salley Rayl is available here: Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Celebrates Milestones, Arrives at Solander Suburb
I just started reading it but would like to highlight this paragraph: QUOTE Actually, based on newly revised power predictions and the position of the Sun, the rover doesn't have to be up on Solander Point and on a north-facing slope, where it can angle itself and its solar arrays to the winter Sun, until the beginning of December, Callas said. That means Opportunity has about four months to explore the surroundings at the bottom of this part of the eroded rim of Endeavour Crater - and there's a lot to see and do.
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Aug 6 2013, 02:04 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 8 2013, 12:15 AM
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Aug 8 2013, 03:04 PM
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Some pictures available from sol 3391, telling that Opportunity backtracked a few meters from the previous site.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...A0P1952L0M1.JPG And several features were imaged before driving, but they are still on the downlink queue: 03391::p2547::32::4::4::0::0::2::10::pancam_Mula_Mula_L257R2 03391::p2548::32::4::4::0::0::2::10::pancam_Tick_Bush_L257R2 03391::p2549::32::13::13::0::0::2::28::pancam_Red_Poker_L234567Rall |
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Aug 9 2013, 07:31 AM
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Red Poker is the target she has just been looking at (she backed up a bit before taking the image to get a better view).
Tick Bush is where she drove to, ~4.5m away -------------------- |
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Aug 14 2013, 05:47 AM
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A new update! :-)
http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/rover-fiel...-from-mars.html QUOTE boulder field here appears to be mostly vesicular basalt QUOTE shortly Opportunity will drive northwest along the scarp at the base of Solander Point
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Aug 14 2013, 07:03 AM
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Aug 15 2013, 09:19 PM
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Aug 15 2013, 11:55 PM
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This is Phobos partially eclipsing the sun, yes? The eclipse comes out much clearer in reverse where some light is getting refracted in Oppy's lens. From sol 3396:
It looks to be around the right size according to this recent comparison image from NASA: If something else is going on, I'll eat my hat! |
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