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Gene's Station 4 Pan

Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright © 1995 by Eric M. Jones.
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Last revised 14 October 2005.


Gene's color pan (assembled by Dave Byrne) consists to frames AS17-137- 20991 to 21027.

Chris Wells has assembled an alternate version.

Erik van Meijgaarden has assembled a high-resolution version of the western portion showing Jack at the Rover and the patches of orange on the inner crater wall. A larger-format, B&W version of the north and west portion of the pan has been assembled by David Harland.

Frames 20992, 20994, 20996 show the interior of Shorty. In 20992 and 20994, Hanover Crater and a continuation of the Scarp are visible in the distance on the side of the North Massif.

The frames showing the radial streak of orange that goes down into the crater are 21007 to 21012.]

Frames 21009 and 21011 show Jack at the Rover. The patch of orange soil is just in front of the large boulder beyond the Rover. (West) Family Mountain is on the central horizon.

Frame 21012 shows Jack at the front of the Rover and, just above the top row of reaseau crosses, the sunlit face of the Scarp. The in-bound Rover tracks are indicated in a labeled detail ( 162k ). In addition to the in-bound Rover tracks, frame 21013 shows that Gene drove between two fresh, sharp-rimmed craters. Note that the righthand crater in indented on the north by a later, smaller crater. As indicated in a labeled detail ( 240k ), the width of the Rover tracks (72 inches center to center) can be used to estimate that the main component of the righthand crater 'a' is about 10 meters in diameter. A labeled detail from Pan Camera frame 2309 ( 1.6 Mb ) shows that crater 'a' is about 80 meters from Gene's pan location.


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