Drawings in rover tracks |
Drawings in rover tracks |
Apr 24 2013, 06:11 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Hi guys, there is a very old Spirit photo making the rounds of the British tabloids today, one in which the rover tracks look (in a euphemism written by Alan Boyle, to whom I'm very grateful) like "a bat and two balls." I was going to write about it to explain the photo but now I don't have to, thanks to Alan. What I would like to do is to actually add value by posting some more images of things drawn in the sand by Spirit (or Opportunity) .... hopefully things that are a little less embarrassing. Which is why I'm posting here. Anybody recall any other interesting pictures drawn in the dirt, or want to take a trip down memory lane to look through Spirit's images to find some?
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Apr 24 2013, 07:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
Gasp!
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Apr 24 2013, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1597 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
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Apr 24 2013, 08:22 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Yes, yes, it's all over the place. But that definitely doesn't need discussion here. I am thinking of the service that UMSF did during the "sasquatch on Mars" kerfuffle, in which Eric Hartwell and others identified all kinds of interesting objects (high-speed turtle, anyone?) in the same photo. I know we've seen other fun patterns before.
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Apr 24 2013, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
You read the British tabloids? Why? I live here and I've managed to avoid doing that for half a century, thank goodness.
Opportunity did some dance moves on the rim of Victoria crater, as I recall. I'm sure members will locate the images. |
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Apr 24 2013, 10:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4259 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Yeah, that was the "drunken sailor's walk" - here's a good example:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...JRP1920R0M1.JPG In hindsight, that was probably not a safe place for an incapacitated rover! |
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Apr 24 2013, 11:26 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14444 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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