Here is the complete 360 degree panoramic view

taken on Sol 782 with the L0 navcam.

jvandriel

good uplifting comment

BTW.: for the last couple of weeks it seemed quite normal that the Oppy images appeared
on exlporatorium with half a day or so of delay compared to the Spirit ones, so probably
nothing ominous here ...

looking forward to a successful 300+ meters driving week

Up to now at sol 782, in 24 soles, Oppy has advanced 511 meters, it is to say, around 170 (150 thks to tty) meters per week at present pace of 21.3 m/sol. Not so fast as you expected.

Rodolfo

And She's off again:

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...M8P1311R0M1.JPG

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...M8P1311R0M1.JPG



In this image. Is the white line off on the horizon the rim of Victoria Crater???

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...M8P2386L2M1.JPG

There seems to be something white sticking up on the horizon, about 1/4 way in from the left.

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...M8P2386R2M1.JPG

She's also turned around and is driving forward:

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...G1P1325L0M1.JPG

Er... I make that 150 meters per week unless you have gone over to an eight-day week

tty

This image shows Opportunity has crossed over a dune with relatively little slippage. That's good news.

When I was looking at the map for the insanely optimistic where to go if Opportunity never dies, mu first reaction was to just keep going close to South to stay in the lanes. This images shows that purgatory dune may have been an anomaly and East-West driving is no big deal.

Now Oppy is tranversing in a soggy sand zone so it helps much to improve the traction (more compact sand) for climbing between lines of ripples bumps.

http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/The_Soggy...ds_of_Mars.html

Rodolfo

Any idea how much distance was covered? Based on the images, it seems to be at least 15-20 meters.

I'm still a little bit lost, but my guess is on the range of 40-60m.

hoping for a 5 x 50m driving week (assuming no "restricted sols")



(BTW: how often and when do those "restricted sols" occur ? )

It takes about 40 days for Sol's and Days to lag by 1 full day (i.e. Sol 40 = Day 41)

Thus - it's a cycle of 40 days, for which I'd guess each rover is restricted for about 10-14 sols (although I'll ask Jim next QnA time)

Doug

I discussed this feature in another post.

Edit: sorry, I misunderstood the feature you're referring... this small bright point lies exactly on the highest point of Vivtoria western rim and could be something like an outcrop in the crater interior... however, is probably too early for such a conclusion!

Backwards looking navcams now down. They can probably help you

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...M8P1795R0M1.JPG

Opportunity must be back in restricted sols.

Is Opportunity in restricted sols and how long does a restricted Sol last in days???

Scroll up five posts for the answer

And she keeps going

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...NTP1311R0M1.JPG
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...NTP1211L0M1.JPG

Im wondering if the drive was aborted due to slippage in the dune in front... it doesnt look like a long drive to me. or I could be reading the scenery wrong lol

Just 6m (aprox.) towards the dune.
When I saw the new navcams I thought "Purgatory III", but then I downloaded the hazcams and there seems to be no visual evidence of slippage.

<bad joke>
Looking to the "positive" side, this move is good to my sol 960 bet.
</bad joke>

Here is the complete 360 degree panoramic view from Sol 785 and Sol 786.

Taken with the L0 navcam.

jvandriel

Info from the data tracking web: no move tosol (788) but only tomorrow.

So, we're clearly in a restricted sol period.
That's good for your "bad joke" Tesheiner

I wonder why they only moved a short distance....when I checked the hazcam pics, the rover didn't look stuck or anything like that, but some of the tracks looked a little "deep"....maybe the rover found some slightly deeper sand and cut off the drive before anything bad could happen?? Maybe the drivers are evaluating the route and deciding whether to change direction?

And it looks like She has not moved much at all: Is she resting, a problem or is it restricted sol time ?

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...NSP1375R0M1.JPG

The arm is not deployed at the end of this sequence, either...

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...NSP1275L0M1.JPG

So either no deployment, not end of sequence, or....?

Another computer glitch, perhaps?

I sure hope *not* this is the same symptom as with Spirits sudden wheel death .. happening just around the same sol as for spirit


Oh oh, I really *don't* want to win my 1111-Sols-bet this way

It looks like the arm was deployed on 4/11 when Oppy stopped at its (current?) spot...could those hazcam pics from 4/12 be leftovers from 4/11? Or could the arm have extended on 4/11 and retracted on 4/12?

By the way, I just saw some images from today (4/13) on the exploratorium, including micro imager shots of the soil (in front of Oppy?), so it looks like some arm work was done. I sure hope they do some moving today or tomorrow, some good driving.

Micro Image of Soil

4/11 Oppy Arm Deployment

Oh..oh! MI shot doesn't meet what we see with the hazcam! Looks like sand around only.

Oh, no problem at all.

First of all, those hazcam images posted by Bobby and Burmese have a site/drive id 68NS, while the "post-drive" images have ids 68NT. What all that means? It means that the referred images were taken while the rover was already moving.
Search for the hazcams with ids 68NT and you will see the IDD deployed as usual.
Here it is: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...NTP1151L0M1.JPG. Remember that the dates at the exploratorium have NO relation to the dates in which the images were taken.

After that "short" drive on sol 787 there was a sol (788) without no driving activity (imho, Oppy is in restricted sols again) and tosol (789) was planned as driving sol. So let's just wait for the fresh pics that should be downlinked this late night (GMT) and see if Oppy makes another 40-60m move southwards (or maybe SE).

Don't panic, guys. The time stamp shows it's an ancient MI of ol' Rockbiter. We're still waiting for today's views.

That MI is from way back on Sol 719 (70 sols ago) - just didn't get downloaded until now.
MMB is a great tool for checking the sol on these things (though I do mention it myself) - there's also a command line program for getting the sol from an image name, that someone could direct you to.

Search for "rawid" here on the forum and you can find the link and some tips.

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q9P1311R0M1.JPG

WOW !!!!

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q9P1976R0M1.JPG

Are we now officially on "Hell of a View"? Definately looks like we crossed something!

North and south views from Sol 789:



The drive-direction Pancams are almost East. Looks like we'll be taking off that way soon.

agree. based on this image, Oppy is now descending...

Dilo, the linkt you posted is not complete, unfortunately
qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q9P1311R0M1.JPG

Michael

Guess it's this one (according "Q9P1311") http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q9P1311R0M1.JPG

Oppy crossed one of the hills of Meridiani

Oppy crossed one of the hills of Meridiani
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Welcome to the climber's club

Here is the complete 360 degree panoramic view on the way to Victoria.

Taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 787 and Sol 788.

Sorry for the bad Horizon in 1 place, but Autostitch did not match very well.

jvandriel

Is it possible that what's visible on the horizon isn't Victoria, but the ring of bright outcrops that outlines the smoother, outcrop-less zone around Victoria?

Nice driving!

I saw some interesting features in this navcam. The small fissure leaves the soil above it a darker hue than the surrounding soil. Could this be a temperature difference that somehow reduces frost/hydration of the soil?

More interesting was what appears to be a large fissure. Is it a fault? Dare I go out on a limb and call it a channel?