Walking on Mars with Spirit and Opportunity
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SOL702-2P188684554EFFAKFFP2426R7M1.jpgOn the way to El Dorado (5) - Sol 70262 visitenessun commento
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SOL704-2P188861338EFFAKFHP2533R5M1.jpgOn the way to El Dorado (6) - Sol 70474 visiteOriginal caption:"On sol 703, Microscopic Images were taken of a fin-shaped feature on Comanche.
Sol 704 and 705: Sol 704's activities wrapped up the work on Comanche. Spirit drove toward El Dorado on both Soles 704 and 705 as part of a 3-Sol plan starting on Sol 703. The first driving Sol began with 22 mt (about 72 feet) of directed driving followed by autonomous navigation toward the dune fields. The second driving Sol would not have the benefit of humans in the loop, and so was purely autonomous navigation, picking up on the heels of the previous Sol to get Spirit within striking range of El Dorado. The Team expected to get perhaps 80 to 90 mt (about 263 to 295 feet) from the 2 Soles of driving. However, by the end of Sol 705, Spirit had driven 118 mt (about 387 feet), and was about a 1-Sol drive away from El Dorado".
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SOL704-GB.jpgVolcanic Layering? - Sol 704 (Natural Colors; credits: Dr G. Barca)73 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL705-2P188960136EFFAKSRP2427R1M1.jpgOn the way to El Dorado (7) - Sol 70567 visitenessun commento
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SOL706-2F189044683EFFAKWDP1201R0M1.jpgEl Dorado (1) - Sol 70662 visiteOriginal caption:"Sol 706: this was the week's only normal, single-Sol plan, which allowed engineers and scientists to plan a drive into El Dorado and to respond on the next Sol with a plan to attack the science objectives there. The Team expected to use the subsequent 3-Sol plan to trench in El Dorado and the 3-Sol plan after that to examine the trench.
In order to prepare for the trench, the Team planned a scuff at the end of the drive.
The scuff was to be just a 1/3rd of a wheel turn to push up some of the sandy material. That would give engineers some data on the consistency of the material so the team would know how long to trench".
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SOL706-2F189046270EFFAL00P1214R0M1.jpgEl Dorado (2) - Sol 70662 visiteOriginal caption:"Again the Rover drivers came through, and Spirit successfully drove 38 mt (app.x 125 feet) right into the dunes of El Dorado on Sol 706.
The Rover got a nice little mound and cut into a dune with the wheel scuff. The Science Team took a look at the scuff and decided it was in fact good enough for the science objectives without a need for trenching, so the Team ended up 3 Soles ahead of the game".
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SOL706-2N189046444EFFAL00P0775R0M1-PCF-LXTT.jpgJust like Waves... - Sol 706 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)123 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL706-2N189046444EFFAL00P0775R0M1.jpgThe ripples and dunes of El Dorado (1) - Sol 70662 visitenessun commento
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SOL706-2N189046480EFFAL00P0775L0M1.jpgThe ripples and dunes of El Dorado (2) - Sol 70662 visitenessun commento
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SOL706-2N189047475EFFAL00P1975L0M1.jpgNext Target! - Sol 70662 visitenessun commento
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SOL706-2P189039292ESFAKSRP2534L2M1.jpgLonely rock... Sol 70662 visiteUna roccia solitaria che, per forma ed albedo - a meno che non sia uno dei soliti effetti ingannevoli dei filtri/colore usati dalle diverse Camere di cui il Rover dotato -, ci ricorda altre due rocce similari individuate da Opportunity in Area Meridiani.
Una di queste rocce, poi, si rivel essere il frammento di una meteora.
E qui? Di che cosa si tratta?...
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SOL707-2M189123737EFFAL00P2957M2M1.jpgA close look at the sands... (1) - Sol 70762 visiteOriginal caption:"On Sol 707 (such as Dec. 29, 2005) the Microscopic Imager (MI) inspected the scuff in El Dorado on the Targets named Gallant Knight and Pilgrim.
Spirit also began a long Mssbauer Spectrometer Integration on Pilgrim. As of Sol 707, Spirit's total odometry was 5.829 mt (about 3,62 miles)".
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