Well spotted, I normally ignore those thumbnails.

I just saw the ISS and it does indeed look brighter after the addition of the 2nd set of Solar Arrays.

Can anyone tell if the rim is higher than the Columbia Hills ?

Remember, the main purpose of going to Victoria is to examine the rock layers at the BOTTEM of the crater, you know, actually driving down there and sticking the arm on the layers.

And who says we are leaving the crater after we go in ?

If the slopes are only 16 to 20 degrees, driving in and out will be easy. Endurance was a lot steeper than 20 degrees.

Not a chance, the circumference would be about 2.4 Km long.

Yes but I have seen pro's with a putter hit the ball wayyyyyy past the hole...........

So let me get this straight, the far rim is 750 meters or more away ?

"...... and you want me to drive down there ?!!!!"

Atlantis is an Orbiter, not a Shuttle.

Thanks for the answer, thought I was going even more bonkers ! lol.

Is anyone else experiencing the situation where MMB seems to download the same pics an hour later as well, i.e. 2 times in 2 hours ?

Thanks.

Now that Pluto has lost its status as a Planet, I was wondering what Alan's view on this is ? Also would have NH been approved if the status had been different when NH was envisoned ?

I would like Pluto to remain a planet.

I have always noticed the right cam images are better than the left ones.

Would that be fall 2007 ? We are going to be at Victoria a long long time, which will be a good thing.

Sounds like a good plan Doug.

One thing about the dust that is easy to see is the 1 or 2 mm of it on the Rovers, this has deposited in only 2 years, after 2 million years you would have a lot more dust laying on the Rovers, all be it some of it may subsequently be blown off at some time.

Nice to see more parts of the far rim coming into view, remember the approach to Endurance......

I know, plus they do actually get the rovers to do stuff at the weekends, I was just ranting a bit.....

They don't do anything on weekends !!, and only one person is there to keep an eye on things ? Nice to know my taxpayer $'s are being used as efficiently as possible..........sheesh.......

I say far rim.

Laural and Hardy would have been good names..... I lived in the town of North Shields, where Stan Laural was born .

I hope she is not stuck, maybe they stopped ontop of the dune for a better look at Victoria, the navcams and pancams are not available yet.

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...23P1214L0M1.JPG