(0,-143)
Sol, you're such a tease. First you give hints that you're just over the horizon, then you hide again.
Sol, you're such a tease. First you give hints that you're just over the horizon, then you hide again.
The Circumnavigation of Mercury
- Thread starter Andrew Linton
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9 degrees today; 383km. 91% complete.
(0,-142)
Good morning, Mercury. Sol tantalisingly below the horizon. I don't doubt that I'll come over a rise some time soon and there it will be.
Good morning, Mercury. Sol tantalisingly below the horizon. I don't doubt that I'll come over a rise some time soon and there it will be.
(0,-141)
Passed 14,000km (14Mm) travelled during this leg.
Passed 14,000km (14Mm) travelled during this leg.
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...and there is Sol. I'm one kilometre short of longitude -140.
I'm under no illusions. I know I won't be turning off the night vision for a while, and there'll be many solrises before the dawn.
I'm under no illusions. I know I won't be turning off the night vision for a while, and there'll be many solrises before the dawn.
(0,-140)
Ten-degree waypoint. 30 degrees remaining. 92% complete. Struggling on through the pain. I fell off a cliff and landed on a neck brace. Not quite at the "For God's sake look after our people" stage yet.
...and on the sysmap
Ten-degree waypoint. 30 degrees remaining. 92% complete. Struggling on through the pain. I fell off a cliff and landed on a neck brace. Not quite at the "For God's sake look after our people" stage yet.
...and on the sysmap
(0,-139)
Deep valleys and intervening hills conspire to hide Sol.
Deep valleys and intervening hills conspire to hide Sol.
Even the hills to the West have Sol shining on them, and this is the scene to the North. Well, I did say to the terminator: "I'll be back."
(Don't punish the punnish, it's all we have)
(Don't punish the punnish, it's all we have)
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(0,-138)
"Many sink down to the Underworld, but few return to the sunlit lands." (C.S.Lewis, The Silver Chair)
After 16 days in darkness, this was my first glimpse of the full Sol.
"Many sink down to the Underworld, but few return to the sunlit lands." (C.S.Lewis, The Silver Chair)
After 16 days in darkness, this was my first glimpse of the full Sol.
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Solrise
At this time and location, Sol had an altitude of 1 degree above horizontal. I need no constellations to steer by any more. Sol will orient me after a spin.
(0,-137)
Trying my first YouTube live stream. Is it working?
Livestream
Livestream
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Streaming to (0,-135)
Streaming to (0,-134)
next waypoint is (0,-133)
24 degrees to go; just over 1,000km
The circumnavigation of Mercury: waypoint is (0,-132)
The circumnavigation of Mercury: waypoint is (0,-131)
Watching this back, it illustrates a universal truth that you need to do a job twice; the first time you learn how to do it, and the second time you do it properly.
Watching this back, it illustrates a universal truth that you need to do a job twice; the first time you learn how to do it, and the second time you do it properly.
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