MER-2 "Opportunity"

[S.Chaban]

Граждане марсиане! Вот бы посмотреть карту движения самодвижущихся тележек. Был бы премного благодарен просвещенной публике

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/traverse_maps.html

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Revealing Roosevelt[/size]

This image mosaic from the microscopic imager aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows detailed structure of a small fin-like structure dubbed "Roosevelt," which sticks out from the outcrop pavement at the edge of "Erebus Crater."

Roosevelt lines a fracture in the local pavement and scientists hypothesize that it is a fracture fill, formed by water that percolated through the fracture. This would mean the feature is younger than surrounding rocks and, therefore, might provide evidence of water that was present some time after the formation of Meridiani Planum sedimentary rocks.

The image shows fine laminations (layers about 1 millimeter or .04 inch thick) that run parallel to the axis of the fin. Some of the textures visible in the image likely indicate that minerals precipitated from the outcrop rocks, but sediment grains are also apparent.

The three frames combined into this mosaic were taken during Opportunity's 727th Martian day, or sol (Feb. 8, 2006). In subsequent days, the rover completed textural and chemical inspection of Roosevelt to help the science team understand this structure's significance for Martian history.

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS

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Полного размера:

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4315

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Huge:

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4330

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On the other side of the planet, Opportunity is nearing Payson, "the tasty promontory," as rover principal investigator Steve Squyres, of Cornell University, has described it, located on the Mogollon Rim at the western end of Erebus crater. Soon, this rover will head back onto the plains and begin driving as quickly as possible toward Victoria crater, which lies 2.5 kilometers (about 1.5 miles) to the south.

http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0228_Mars_Exploration_Rovers_Update_Spirit.html

[ronatu]

Движемся опять.
Opportunity spent more time at Olympia than it was originally scheduled to survive for its *entire* primary mission.

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4358

Вперед к Победе! (т.е. Виктории)

[ESA Vega]

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Земной аналог:[/size]



The very uniform layers here are varves, alternating thick and thin layers formed in a glacial lake.

The contorted zone running across the center is probably due to glacial ice shoving the upper layers of sediment over the lower layers.

Deformation that occurs while sediments are partly or wholly unconsolidated is called Soft-Sediment Deformation

MORE EXPLANATIONS THERE

Wonderful images from these Rovers !

[byran]

Как он вчистил

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4845

[ronatu]

Как он вчистил

Интересно что Опортунити уехал из предполагаемой зоны посадки...

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Target is approaching:[/size]

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[Vitall]

Эх дороги! Пыль да ...

[dennis]

красиво...

[В А Д И М]

Особенно кость в центре справа...

[Rohan]

И угли внизу справа, оставшиеся от недавнего приготовления шашлычка  :lol:  :shock:

[Старый]

Почему картинка не открывается?
 Не могу поверить что они на шашлык взяли не шейку а мясо с костями.

[ronatu]

Калифорния.Озеро высохло 45000 лет тому назад.

А это Марсификация...

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=5635

[Yegor]

Марсоход в 1100 метрах от кратера Виктория.
К сегодняшнему дню Opportunity прошёл 7769 метров!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/opportunity-update.html

[В А Д И М]

Озеро высохло 45000 лет тому назад.

Не может быть! ВЕЛИКИЙ ПОТОП был совсем недавно...

А это Марсификация...
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=5635

новая забава "Сделай себе Марс по-американски"?  прикольно... :lol: