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Re: APOD: Crossing Dingo Gap on Mars (2014 Feb 18)
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:07 pm
by geckzilla
DavidLeodis wrote:In the information brought up through the "above image" link it states the image was taken on Sol 538. I know that a Martian sol is about 39 minutes longer than an Earth sol but to avoid error when trying to calculate what date sol 538 was in Earth date time I wonder if anyone knows what date sol 538 was or at least knows a link to a website that would let me find out, as I've tried searching for such a site but have not been able to readily find one.
The best site I know of is
http://curiosityrover.com/index.php?lim ... size=large
Re: APOD: Crossing Dingo Gap on Mars (2014 Feb 18)
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:24 pm
by BMAONE23
DavidLeodis wrote:In the information brought up through the "above image" link it states the image was taken on Sol 538. I know that a Martian sol is about 39 minutes longer than an Earth sol but to avoid error when trying to calculate what date sol 538 was in Earth date time I wonder if anyone knows what date sol 538 was or at least knows a link to a website that would let me find out, as I've tried searching for such a site but have not been able to readily find one.
These are the Two that I frequent for info
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/
Re: APOD: Crossing Dingo Gap on Mars (2014 Feb 18)
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:43 pm
by DavidLeodis
Thanks geckzilla and BMAONE23 for your help, which is appreciated.
Based on images seen through the links it seems that the image was taken on February 9 2014 (depending on the actual time an image was taken sol 538 could also have been on February 10 2014).