Anyone know why no images have been posted to the JPL or Exploratorium sites since Sep 25?
Does some server need to be restarted?
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All I can say is Oppy is still active - both the pancam database (via James Canvin) and the Oppy weather site show tau calibration images and other activities up to 3798.
Images are available up to 30 September showing Oppy's mountain climbing skills.
The JPL status report says there have been some more flash memory 'amnesia' events (after the reformat job). That may be behind the delays.
Phil
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Here is a trio of circular views from Jan's recent pans, showing how Opportunity approached the rim of Ulysses, climbed up to it, and then backed off again. The radial scaling function I have used differs a bit between these views, but if you concentrate on the central part you can see what the rover is doing.
Phil
sol 3789:
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sol 3791:
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sol 3798:
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sol 3789:
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sol 3791:
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sol 3798:
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seems theyre taking a look at this little sol3800 chip below the stacked rocks yestersol (parrellel)
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Lots of detail on the latest flash problems in the latest PS update. From Squyres:
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We still have some bad locations in Flash. It does slow us down a little bit, but the situation [in September] is dramatically improved from what it was before the reformatting. Right now, we have several approaches and are currently assessing what we're going to do
Pancam images from sol 3793 have come down recently. I assembled them into this panorama:
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Looks like a nice rock-stack Buddha sculpture in the upper right-center. 
QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 5 2014, 07:55 PM) 
Lots of detail on the latest flash problems in the latest PS update. From Squyres:
Since they seem to think all the errors are occurring in bank 7, what about temporarily disabling bank 7 and run that some weeks to see if things clear up? If they do, may have to leave it that way - if they still get errors then they at least know the problem is deeper.
Alternatve would seem to be multiple formats to catch 'iffy' spots, which are even more time consuming
The current strategy is, IIRC, to activate a tracer for bank 7 access, to get more detail about the root cause. Relation to bank 7 seems to be likely enough to go that way, first.
With Oppy's team of flash detectives also soliciting help from former Ricoh employees and their relevant paperwork, I'm sure the issue will be fully understood soon..
Added a few images and here is the complete Pancam L2 view of
Ulysses Crater taken on Sol 3793.
Jan van Driel
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Ulysses Crater taken on Sol 3793.
Jan van Driel
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Yikes - tau is really climbing, up to 1.75 on 3820. Not terribly unusual this time of year. But for the comet observations on 3817 tau was 1.2. Had this jump in dust happened a few sols earlier we may have seen nothing at all of the comet.
I don't recall seeing Endeavour this dusty - the far rim almost disappears in these navcams:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol3820
I don't recall seeing Endeavour this dusty - the far rim almost disappears in these navcams:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol3820
Up to 1.91 on 3822. The latest MSSS weather report says storms were not yet over Meridiani (or Gale), as of 6 days ago.
Re: the view of Endeavour on Post #169 - I continue to enjoy putting myself on Mullholland Drive looking into the San Fernando Valley in Southern California as a frame of reference. It's very smoggy/foggy this time of year:
A couple of circular views as we move away from Ulysses.
sol 3817:
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sol 3821:
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sol 3821:
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Here is the complete Navcam R0 Panoramic view taken on Sol 3823.
Jan van Driel
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Oh that's a classic right there. Everybody - alert the press.
Description of the events leading to a jump in tau recently from MSSS:
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The widespread dust-lifting activity raised global atmospheric opacities to annual highs, as recorded by the Opportunity rover in Meridiani and the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater. While Curiosity experienced increased atmospheric opacities, it was largely spared from direct contact with storms. However Opportunity, just off to the east of the Acidalia storm-track, was less fortunate and experienced extremely hazy skies due to its proximity to areas of dust-lifting along the cross-equatorial storm track.
My version.
The Navcam view on Sol 3839-3829. ( added 2 images taken on Sol 3829.)
Jan van Driel
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Did a double-take and checked the timestamp when I saw this sol's navcams! Haven't seen terrain like this in a while.
For those who may miss it, A.J Rayl has posted another info filled report on Opportunity.
http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-top...ing-spring.html
A couple of circular views, one from Jan's pan, one from a rough one I did, to help me locate the rover for the route map.
Phil
sol 3832:
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sol 3833:
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sol 3832:
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Low sun, high tau. Lovely shot.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q8P1215L0M1.JPG
Far over the dusty mountain cold
To valleys deep, and outcrops old
We can't away early this sol
The tau is high, but Oppy's bold
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...Q8P1215L0M1.JPG
Far over the dusty mountain cold
To valleys deep, and outcrops old
We can't away early this sol
The tau is high, but Oppy's bold
Here is a circular view of Jan's latest panorama. The outcrop to the right gives a good location on the map.
Phil
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My take on the 3834 Navcam pan.
I'd said that the atmosphere seams a little bit less fuzzy? We can better see the rim on the other side.
The last images are down and here is the complete Navcam view taken on Sol 3829.
Jan van Driel
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Love the views!
From several weeks ago, driving away from Ulysses:
9 images, sol 3814 --- Anaglyph version
From several weeks ago, driving away from Ulysses:
9 images, sol 3814 --- Anaglyph version
A quick circular view to help locate the sol 3837 site. Rear Hazcam... oops, I should say Front Hazcam since we are driving backwards - uh - rear-facing Hazcam images helped a lot in finding the the location as well.
Phil
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