MER-2 "Opportunity"

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Снимки по дороге вокруг кратера:

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А это дорога сама или точнее грунт:

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Ну-ка что там под ногами?  Для понимания масштаба размер средней конкреции 1-2 мм...

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Спуск в Викторию (войдет в историю):

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=446861439&size=l

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Снято с точки 1134:

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=9940

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... Голливуда)  

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Исследует черные полосы вокруг Виктории:

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У бездны на краю

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Тектиты?

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Песком обточило ?

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Oppy appears to have begun the drive back to Duck Bay ...

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Sol-by-sol summary:

In addition to Opportunity's daily science observations which include a panoramic camera tau measurement and miniature thermal emission spectrometer sky and ground stares, the rover also did the following:

Sol 1157 (April 26, 2007): Opportunity took the panoramic camera right-eye side of a long baseline stereo imaging of Cape St. Vincent, stowed its robotic arm and drove 38 meters (125 feet) toward Granada. The rover then unstowed its arm, took post-drive navigation and panoramic camera images and conducted an overnight data relay with Mars Odyssey.

Sol 1158: On this sol, the rover's navigation camera looked for clouds and the miniature thermal emission spectrometer and the panoramic camera studied the foreground.

Sol 1159: Opportunity used its panoramic camera to take thumbnail images of the sky and its panoramic camera to survey the horizon. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer conducted a 7-point sky and ground survey.

Sol 1160: On this sol, the rover used its panoramic camera to image the target Granada. Opportunity then stowed its arm and drove 15 meters (49 feet) around Granada for a D-star checkout. The rover then unstowed its arm and conducted post-drive imaging of the path it took to get there.

Sol 1161: On this sol, the rover used its panoramic camera to complete a foreground survey. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer had a look at the sky and then the target "Malaga." The panoramic camera imaged Granada and then the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer conducted an integration for the ongoing atmospheric Argon study.

Sol 1162: Opportunity's panoramic camera took a color mosaic of the Granada D-star drive. The rover then stowed its arm and drove 74 meters (243 feet) toward the Cape of Good Hope. Opportunity then unstowed its arm and used both its navigation and panoramic cameras to do more imaging. There was also an overnight data relay with Mars Odyssey.

Sol 1163: On this sol, Opportunity used its navigation camera to image its own tracks. The rover then stowed its arm and drove 97 meters (318 feet) towards the Cape of Good Hope. After the drive, the rover tool images with its navigation and panoramic cameras. The navigation camera also looked for clouds.

Current Odometry:

As of sol 1163, Opportunity's total odometry is 10,736.12 (6.67 miles).

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Аппарат готовится к спуску в Кратер....

Beyond completing the remaining flight software checkouts, the other things on Opportunity's To-Do-Before-Entering-Victoria List is acquiring  two sets of super high-resolution imaging of the best cross-bedding seen on the way to Tierra del Fuego. "One of those is going to be Cape St. Vincent as imaged from the Cape of Good Hope," said Squyres.

"So we'll drive out on the southeastern limit of Cape of Good Hope and image across toward Cape St. Vincent doing Pancam super resolution. Then we'll hit the road and do a long drive all the way back to Cape Verde and re-image Cape St. Mary with really good illumination and super resolution to do the best possible documentation of the cross-bedding there." At that point, Opportunity and the MER team will be ready for Duck Bay.

"We're going to be motoring pretty fast except these flight checkouts will slow us down," said Squyres. "So when you see the rover lingering on the path back to Duck Bay, it's primarily because we're doing these flight software checkouts. We've got quite a few boxes to check off and it's going to take a number of days enroute."

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А что за складки (борозды, трещины, пропилы) в виде буквы Ш под углом 90 град на половине камня (остальная половина - нормальный булыжник), вблизи центрального песчаного наноса? Прошу учесть - я не сторонник марсиан.