Mars city i am seeing? wtf!

9 years 5 months ago #1435 by ben evans

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Hi Todd, on Sol 647 MAHLI cam it looks like the rover was on a very steep hill. I was surprised to see the rover on such a steep incline with very rough terrain as well. that rover was built like a tank except for the wheels lol. it sure is an "awesome" site to see. thanks Todd.. ben..

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9 years 5 months ago #1436 by Todd

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On Sol 647 the Rover was maneuvering around (the back side of) Kimberly, so I think it was at a slightly higher elevation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/space/mars-curiosity-rover-tracker.html?_r=0#sol647

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9 years 5 months ago #1437 by Todd

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Check out that area on the Gale Crater Odyssey night/day IR overlay from 2006. :whistle:

image.mars.asu.edu/convert?quality=100&image=/www/themis/htdocs/files/landingsites/msl06/gale_crater_themis_daynight.png
themis.asu.edu/landingsites/mslsite_06

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9 years 5 months ago #1548 by Todd

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That is the general destination for the rover.
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15293.html
As the rover approaches it, I think we will see more of the kinds of things Will pointed out in his video from the other day.

I noticed it has almost 4,000 views in 5 days!

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9 years 4 months ago #2024 by Todd

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I just wanted to get Will's video from last week in this thread, since it is so relevant.

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