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 )

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

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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 )

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 first attempt to take a panorama of Resolution crater - As the drive preceding this ended up being in the wrong direction, this was taken from considerably further away than expected. Opportunity is currently taking a much larger panorama from a closer position. Note the parts of Endeavour Crater (Oppy's destination) on the horizon.

Full Resolution (4972 x 1761) ( 1MB )
Half Resolution (2486 x 880) ( 431kB )

Ranger Crater panorama.

I was waiting for the second row of this image but I don't think it is going to be downlinked anymore and has been deleted from the rover; so I think this is now the finished product.

It's a little messy, as it was taken into the sun causing the dust on the optics to become even more of a problem than it is normally.

Full Resolution (9720 x 1215) ( 2MB )
Half Resolution (4860 x 607) ( 661kB )
Quarter Resolution (2430 x 303) ( 170kB )

Small mosaic taken while Opportunity was parked to receive new flight software on sol 1811.

Full Resolution (2464 x 1062) ( 982kB )
Half Resolution (1232 x 531) ( 310kB )

Small mosaic of nearby ripples taken on sol 1792.

Full Resolution (1712 x 1066) ( 854kB )
Half Resolution (856 x 533) ( 218kB )