PDS pancam by sol for MER rovers

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opportunity

pds edr imgs for opportunity by sol
pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer1-m-pancam-2-edr-sci-v1/mer1pc_0xxx/data/

rdr:

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer1-m-pancam-3-radcal-rdr-v1/mer1pc_1xxx/data/



Spirit

pds edr imgs for spirit by sol

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer2-m-pancam-2-edr-sci-v1/mer2pc_0xxx/data/

rdr

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer2-m-pancam-3-radcal-rdr-v1/mer2pc_1xxx/data/

(Download the large img files - open with Nasaview - and save back as jpgs or gifs).

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PDS is a bit of a pain - but here is a kind of back door. PDS images appear to be mirrored on mer analysts notebook site - and are equally scientifically valid - researchers use this site (prob b/c pds is such a pain).

These links give you a complete list of sols catalogued by the pds and the actual images are mirrored on wustl:


opportunity pds imgs by sol:

edr list:

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer1-m-pancam-2-edr-sci-v1/mer1pc_0xxx/data/

rdr list:

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer1-m-pancam-3-radcal-rdr-v1/mer1pc_1xxx/data/



Spirit

pds imgs by sol

edr list:

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer2-m-pancam-2-edr-sci-v1/mer2pc_0xxx/data/

rdr list:

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer2-m-pancam-3-radcal-rdr-v1/mer2pc_1xxx/data/


Choose the list of sols you want from above - spirit or opp; edr or rdr.

Next select the sol you want from the list.


What I do next is search the list for the time stamp part of the file number either with my eye - at the correct location - or I use the "edit" "find" functions on my browser. When I have the file or files that match, I then download the img's with the correct time, and a few before and a few afterward - watching for l1 l2 l3 l4 l5 l6 l7 r1 r2 r7 - helps me know what to get. I look for the Ls and Rs at the bottom of my browser.

Next, I open each img file separately with Nasaview - and save back as jpg or gif, including the sol number as the first number in the file, a space, then the pds number as the remaining number. (This allows me to easily find the file again from the source).

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EDR means Experiment Data Record, or raw data. RDR means Reduced Data Record, or derived data.

pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mer/geo_mer_datasets.htm

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Some lyle images are created from pds. Also, you can now find pds images with qmantoo's image decoder program linked below:


Lyle main link:

www.lyle.org/~markoff/

qmantoo decoder program: (Lyle):

mars.pelicanbill.com/pbmars_superdecode_input.php


sample pds from qmantoo link:

pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mer/opportunity/mer1po_0xxx/browse/sol2161/edr/1p320037373effabeip2379l2m1.img.jpg

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Opportunity pds images by sol, available in jpeg browse formats:


pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mer/opportunity/mer1po_0xxx/browse/

Spirit pds images by sol, available in jpeg browse formats:

pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mer/spirit/mer2po_0xxx/browse/