Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

7 years 7 months ago #8477 by RocketDawg

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Great work as usual on the GigaPans, Todd.

I too don't buy the microorganism notion. Looks like it's just debris from the soil to me. Also, the thin areas between the treads (the "grousers") are only 0.03" thick and are made of aluminum. Given the rover's weight, even on Mars, I can see how the could easily be fractured by running over sharp rocks. And we have to remember that temperatures are extremely low, which presumably would make the aluminum more brittle than it would be at Earth room temperature. A lot of design thought went into the wheels, both on the Mars rovers and on the Lunar buggy, but looks like Curiosity's need beefing up a bit.

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7 years 7 months ago #8504 by RocketDawg

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There are a couple of interesting features in the smaller images below the large composite.

On the lower left one, at about 10 o'clock from the large rock in the center, is an arc that could possibly be part of what was originally a circle. Might just be a rock, but there are some regular features in it.

On the right hand individual one, just left of the large rock, is a series of five holes in a line. It's possible that the rover may have drilled those, but they appear to be in sand.

Mars is an interesting place.

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7 years 7 months ago - 7 years 7 months ago #8505 by Todd

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Yes, the lighter half circle sitting there, I see that, it is weird. The five holes are from the remote sensing done on that sol.

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_493100037PRC_F0490814CCAM02075L2&s=1077

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7 years 7 months ago #8506 by Todd

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Here are composites made from Mastcam images taken on sol 984 in the "Pahrump Hills" on the drive toward "Stimson Unit."

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/198119

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=984&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/00984.html

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7 years 7 months ago #8550 by Todd

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Composites made from images taken on sol 1074. :ohmy:

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/198209

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1074&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/01074.html

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7 years 7 months ago #8573 by Todd

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These are composites made from Mastcam images taken on sol 1151 in the "Pahrump Hills" while on the drive to 'Bagnold Dunes." The color never came down on some of the original raw browse jpgs.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/198312

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1151&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/01151.html

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7 years 7 months ago #8574 by Todd

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This is a composite made from 98 right Mastcam images taken at "Point Lake" on sol 107.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/198333

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=107&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/00107.html

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