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Winter campaign at Cook Haven, Sol 3512 - 3599 (December 13, 2013 - March 10, 2014)
mhoward
post Dec 13 2013, 04:31 AM
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She's there! Opportunity drove down to the "Cook Haven" bright outcrops on Sol 3512.

Even better, news via Twitter that currents on the front right wheel are back to normal. Phew.
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post Jan 12 2014, 05:11 AM
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The pattern of the light-toned mineralization looks like it followed a set of cracks in the rock. Suggests aqueous intrusion to me.

What also catches my eye in this picture are the extremely fine lineations on some of the darker rounded rubble at the bottom of the image. Many of the tiny pebbles have very fine-grained scallops along the edges, others have hair-like, perfectly parallel grooves, some display aligned pits along their rounded surfaces. I'm guessing these are the remains of extremely thin strata, I guess I would find it harder to believe they're carved by eon-long persistent sand particle saltation.

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- mhoward   Winter campaign at Cook Haven   Dec 13 2013, 04:31 AM
- - jvandriel   The view on Sol 3512 with the L0 Nav cam. Jan van...   Dec 13 2013, 10:01 AM
- - fredk   It's been a while since we've seen DD/gust...   Dec 13 2013, 11:55 PM
- - mhoward   Ooh, nice catch. I'm going to claim I missed t...   Dec 14 2013, 12:53 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Wow, now there's a rover on Mars as well. Wha...   Dec 15 2013, 01:07 AM
|- - Pando   <checking calendar> Uh, Phil, I thought rov...   Dec 15 2013, 03:51 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Sorry - all my attention has been diverted to the ...   Dec 15 2013, 04:23 AM
- - jvandriel   The complete Navcam L0 view on Sol 3512-3514. Jan...   Dec 16 2013, 07:50 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Dec 16 2013, 08:50 PM)...   Dec 16 2013, 08:01 PM
- - centsworth_II   Check post 286. (Same dd image, I presume.)   Dec 16 2013, 08:09 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Dec 16 2013, 09:09...   Dec 16 2013, 08:28 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Jan's panorama from just above in polar format...   Dec 17 2013, 03:42 PM
- - jvandriel   The Dust Devil on Sol 3514. ( 1 image Sol 3514 and...   Dec 19 2013, 09:30 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (jvandriel @ Dec 19 2013, 10:30 AM)...   Dec 30 2013, 08:47 PM
- - HughFromAlice   Quick stitch of Sol 3527 Pan Cams with slight adju...   Dec 28 2013, 08:31 AM
- - jvandriel   The L257 Pancam view on Sol 3527. Jan van Driel   Dec 30 2013, 08:14 PM
- - fredk   Oppy's up to 371 Whr now. Recently she was 10...   Jan 4 2014, 04:01 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The big panorama being created now includes the be...   Jan 7 2014, 03:28 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 7 2014, 07:28 AM...   Jan 8 2014, 07:45 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for those, Phil. I can't wait to see t...   Jan 7 2014, 04:41 PM
- - udolein   My color version of Opportunity's Selfie of So...   Jan 7 2014, 06:32 PM
- - Tesheiner   Here's the last MER Update by A.J.S. Rayl, con...   Jan 8 2014, 06:41 PM
- - James Sorenson   I wasn't going to post this and just wait unti...   Jan 9 2014, 09:04 AM
- - atomoid   x-eyes of that amusing 'lil chunkster and ster...   Jan 11 2014, 01:21 AM
- - mhoward   Wondering where 'Pinnacle Island' came fro...   Jan 11 2014, 02:11 AM
|- - walfy   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 10 2014, 06:11 PM) ....   Jan 11 2014, 08:41 AM
||- - SFJCody   QUOTE (walfy @ Jan 11 2014, 07:41 PM) Thi...   Jan 11 2014, 08:50 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 11 2014, 03:11 AM) S...   Jan 11 2014, 12:36 PM
- - djellison   Fascinating little rock - totally different to the...   Jan 11 2014, 02:15 AM
- - mhoward   It looks different from the bedrock underneath, bu...   Jan 11 2014, 03:20 AM
- - James Sorenson   Or "Tintina". http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/m...   Jan 11 2014, 05:04 AM
- - mhoward   I think 'Tintina' was just the name for pa...   Jan 11 2014, 06:21 AM
- - mhoward   I am guessing - just guessing - that our little fr...   Jan 11 2014, 01:33 PM
- - jvandriel   Here is the Mi cam panorama of that piece of rock ...   Jan 11 2014, 04:19 PM
- - nprev   That's almost more confusing. An encrustation ...   Jan 11 2014, 05:53 PM
- - serpens   It really is a tiny piece and freshly separated (d...   Jan 12 2014, 03:09 AM
- - dvandorn   The pattern of the light-toned mineralization look...   Jan 12 2014, 05:11 AM
- - TheAnt   My immediate thought were that it might be a small...   Jan 13 2014, 02:16 PM
- - Zelenyikot   I'm not sure, but it seems like a coal   Jan 14 2014, 08:46 PM
- - serpens   Probably gypsum although there are other possibili...   Jan 14 2014, 09:53 PM
- - RoverDriver   I'm not a geologist, but is it possible that c...   Jan 14 2014, 10:14 PM
- - nprev   Good one, Paolo!!! (Long time no see...   Jan 14 2014, 10:37 PM
- - marsophile   Since there is no apparent trail leading to its cu...   Jan 16 2014, 08:49 PM
- - Phil Stooke   It's on rock. It wouldn't leave a trail. ...   Jan 16 2014, 09:01 PM
|- - serpens   Ref my post #333, there are a few displaced 'p...   Jan 16 2014, 09:35 PM
|- - walfy   Does that trail lead down-slope? I couldn't f...   Jan 16 2014, 11:18 PM
- - atomoid   I never could find any trail of crumbs but the res...   Jan 17 2014, 12:27 AM
|- - marsophile   QUOTE (atomoid @ Jan 16 2014, 04:27 PM) ....   Jan 17 2014, 03:05 AM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (marsophile @ Jan 16 2014, 07:05 PM...   Jan 17 2014, 11:29 PM
- - mhoward   Interesting; I think there's more than a few p...   Jan 17 2014, 12:38 AM
|- - Pando   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 16 2014, 04:38 PM) I...   Jan 17 2014, 07:27 AM
|- - TheAnt   This a time to play the 'Rolling stones' p...   Jan 17 2014, 05:32 PM
|- - marsophile   QUOTE (Pando @ Jan 16 2014, 11:27 PM) In ...   Jan 17 2014, 09:01 PM
- - mhoward   Oops... I guess I have to retract the previous pos...   Jan 17 2014, 02:34 AM
- - fredk   To me it just looks like the bedrock you're po...   Jan 17 2014, 02:38 AM
- - mhoward   Yep... my bad.   Jan 17 2014, 02:43 AM
- - Explorer1   Steve Squyres on the Opportunity 10 year event: 2...   Jan 17 2014, 03:28 AM
- - serpens   High manganese deposited along a fracture implies ...   Jan 17 2014, 05:27 AM
- - dvandorn   Would manganese deposited hydrothermally be suspen...   Jan 17 2014, 05:35 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 17 2014, 06:35 AM) ...   Jan 17 2014, 11:06 PM
- - Explorer1   It's archived here: http://www.ustream.tv/rec...   Jan 17 2014, 05:46 AM
- - mhoward   You're right, Pando! Makes one wonder what...   Jan 17 2014, 04:41 PM
- - Zelenyikot   The trace of "rolling stone"   Jan 17 2014, 08:09 PM
- - marsophile   http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p...EOP25...   Jan 18 2014, 07:03 AM
- - RichforMars   I check Curiosity Rover's Raw images every day...   Jan 18 2014, 04:04 PM
- - fredk   "Hibernation" is a strong word - Oppy sh...   Jan 18 2014, 04:41 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 18 2014, 04:41 PM) Edi...   Jan 18 2014, 05:21 PM
|- - walfy   Regarding the origins of the mystery rock, it seem...   Jan 19 2014, 10:05 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (walfy @ Jan 19 2014, 02:05 AM) (I...   Jan 19 2014, 03:46 PM
- - fredk   Gust of wind blowing across Endeavour on sol 3546,...   Jan 18 2014, 05:00 PM
- - mhoward   Here's something that Stu spotted that I think...   Jan 19 2014, 03:36 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 19 2014, 03:36 PM) I...   Jan 19 2014, 05:40 PM
- - fredk   Of course RF doesn't steer, but that still lea...   Jan 19 2014, 05:33 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 19 2014, 09:33 AM) Wal...   Jan 19 2014, 06:17 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 19 2014, 06:17 PM)...   Jan 19 2014, 08:10 PM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 19 2014, 08:10 PM) ......   Jan 19 2014, 09:41 PM
- - Juramike   http://spacecoalition.com/blog/new-info-mars-rock-...   Jan 19 2014, 06:33 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jan 19 2014, 06:33 PM) ...   Jan 19 2014, 08:43 PM
- - Explorer1   If it is in fact from a crater, visiting something...   Jan 19 2014, 06:39 PM
- - nprev   Doug, you may know this: Is someone actually compi...   Jan 19 2014, 08:51 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 19 2014, 12:51 PM) Dou...   Jan 19 2014, 10:00 PM
- - ngunn   It's intriguing though that it has a 'very...   Jan 19 2014, 09:39 PM
- - nprev   Huh. Didn't know they'd found so many thus...   Jan 19 2014, 10:02 PM
- - marsophile   A few possible scenarios: 1. One rock acting as a...   Jan 20 2014, 03:11 AM
- - CosmicRocker   I'd have to say that walfy's suggestion so...   Jan 20 2014, 06:32 AM
- - mhoward   Some post-brush Pancam images of Cape Elizabeth ca...   Jan 20 2014, 05:45 PM
- - marsophile   I notice the dust factor has been steadily improvi...   Jan 21 2014, 02:37 AM
- - atomoid   IMHO, I can't visualize a tiddlywink or levera...   Jan 21 2014, 07:51 PM
- - fredk   The main problem with propelling PI is converting ...   Jan 21 2014, 08:39 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 21 2014, 12:39 PM) The...   Jan 23 2014, 04:53 PM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 23 2014, 08:53 A...   Jan 23 2014, 09:13 PM
|- - marsophile   QUOTE (atomoid @ Jan 23 2014, 01:13 PM) ....   Jan 24 2014, 07:07 AM
- - marsophile   http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...EOP13...   Jan 21 2014, 11:25 PM
- - MaxSt   Looking at this: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimag...   Jan 22 2014, 09:26 PM
- - marsophile   Before and after shots of the disturbance. It s...   Jan 23 2014, 04:20 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (marsophile @ Jan 23 2014, 05:20 AM...   Jan 23 2014, 04:36 PM
|- - marsophile   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 23 2014, 08:36 AM) ......   Jan 23 2014, 05:25 PM
- - Mr Valiant   Marsquake? Or should we see more substantial alter...   Jan 23 2014, 12:06 PM
- - fredk   Yeah, thanks Paolo for that insight. In today...   Jan 23 2014, 09:22 PM
- - fredk   Speaking of moving, there was a tiny shift in posi...   Jan 24 2014, 01:04 AM
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