Martian Vistas

It is looking likey that Opportunity is going to take a westerly route around the large ripple patch ahead of her. Taking this path will take here off the edge of my previous 'ripple maps', however a more resent HiRISE image covers a bit more of this area. Here is a 'ripple map' of this image; Opportunity is just currently north of the big red patch (indicating large rover trapping ripples) left of centre.

Full Resolution (2913 x 5753) ( 5MB )
Half Resolution (1456 x 2876) ( 1MB )
Quarter Resolution (728 x 1438) ( 405kB )

I have to admit I don't really see the advantage of going that way myself, it is lot further and without any obvious paths through to my eye. I'm very interested in hearing what the pros have spotted.

If I had to guess I would suggest that the path would follow the bedrock as shown in this overlay of the ripple map and the raw image.

Full Resolution (809 x 838) ( 562kB )

Here are some of the colour (R21) drive direction mosaics taken over the past week or two as Opportunity crosses a relatively featureless part of Meridiani.

Sol 1897

Full Resolution (3615 x 1237) ( 854kB )
Half Resolution (1807 x 618) ( 333kB )

Sol 1898

Full Resolution (5314 x 1302) ( 1MB )
Half Resolution (2657 x 651) ( 429kB )

Sol 1900

Full Resolution (3628 x 1144) ( 740MB )
Half Resolution (1814 x 572) ( 290kB )

Sol 1902

Full Resolution (3628 x 1084) ( 764MB )
Half Resolution (1814 x 542) ( 296kB )

Sol 1904

Full Resolution (3644 x 1124) ( 732MB )
Half Resolution (1822 x 562) ( 290kB )

The finished mosaic from sols 1886 & 1888 of Home Plate up close and von Braun in the distance.

Full Resolution (7988 x 2530) ( 3MB )
Half Resolution (3994 x 1265) ( 1MB )
Quarter Resolution (1997 x 632) ( 350kB )

Colour (R21) drive direction mosaic from sol 1892.

Full Resolution (3570 x 1134) ( 898kB )
Half Resolution (1785 x 567) ( 287kB )

A bit late, but here are the R21 colour drive direction mosaics from sols 1872 and 1873

1872

Full Resolution (3603 x 1092) ( 983kB )
Half Resolution (1801 x 546) ( 305kB )

1873

Full Resolution (3636 x 1098) ( 848kB )
Half Resolution (1818 x 549) ( 288kB )

Colour (from the R2 & R1 filters) 'drive direction' mosaics from sols 1870 and 1871

Sol 1870

Full Resolution (3498 x 1059) ( 901kB )
Half Resolution (1749 x 529) ( 290kB )

Sol 1871

Full Resolution (3716 x 1164) ( 926kB )
Half Resolution (1858 x 582) ( 298kB )

There is still more to come of this, but I couldn't resist...

Full Resolution (5566 x 1985) ( 2MB )
Half Resolution (2783 x 992) ( 744kB )
Quarter Resolution (1391 x 496) ( 220kB )

Anaglyph (get your red/blue glasses out)

Full Resolution (5560 x 1976) ( 2MB )
Half Resolution (2780 x 988) ( 884kB )
Quarter Resolution (1390 x 494) ( 265kB )

Opportunity took this 360 degree panorama while parked near to the small, fresh crater called Resolution recently. There are still one or two bits of missing data and I still have a few tweaks to make, but I'm not sure when I'll get time to do that. So in the meantime here is my current 'draft' (at half the full Pancam resolution).

Half Resolution (11256 x 1650) ( 6MB )
Quarter Resolution (5628 x 825) ( 1MB )
One eighth Resolution (2814 x 412) ( 288kB )

The "Pioneer Mound", a feature near Spirit's current location in 3D colour.

Full Resolution (1994 x 1059) ( 566kB )

And for those of you without 3D glasses here is the 2D version.

Full Resolution (1956 x 1053) ( 549kB )

500 sols or so ago Spirit was up on top of Home Plate looking down on the West Valley that she is currently trying to traverse. I made a 2D panorama back then from the images taken on sols 1366 to 1369. Now to help visualize the terrain Spirit is about to encounter here is a 3D version.

Full Resolution (11255 x 3264) ( 7MB )
Half Resolution (5627 x 1632) ( 2MB )
Quarter Resolution (2813 x 816) ( 630kB )
Eighth Resolution (1406 x 408) ( 165kB )