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Bizarre. Not only a compositionally distinct rock (probably, based on its appearance), but a possibly associated depression. Fused sand ejecta from Endeavour or elsewhere?
(Yeah, like I know..  )
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Jan 27 2011, 07:31 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 26 2011, 08:53 AM)  ... You can pretty clearly see some original horizontal layering showing through the rubble. Nice. I have been waiting for that view of Palos. It verifies a prediction about bedrock I made back in mid-December when Opportunity first peered into Santa Maria. -------------------- ...Tom
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Jan 27 2011, 03:33 PM
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Impressive call, Rocker. I'm surprized the rim looks so different on opposite sides.
QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 27 2011, 07:08 AM) a possibly associated depression I can't make out any depression in the anaglyph - maybe a bit of a bump from eroding debris and dust:
It'll be interesting to see whether we examine any other targets after conjunction, or whether the call onwards to Endeavour will take precedence... |
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Jan 27 2011, 05:44 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Very interesting... it almost looks like the object in the middle landed on a more fragile structure, leaving behind a kind of broken rim...
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Jan 28 2011, 12:58 PM
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Added 2 images to the right side of this pano.
Sorry for missing the rest of the horizon. Sol 2484 L2 Jan van Driel
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Jan 28 2011, 01:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2833 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
Got an idea and added 2 images
to the horizon. Sol 2484 L2 Jan van Driel
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Jan 29 2011, 01:03 AM
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@ Fred and Stu, there is a wiggle gif of that rock at http://members.cox.net/rocketwrencher/Mars...AXP2568L2M1.gif, there does appear to be a depression centered at the right end of the rear, 'wall' section
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Jan 29 2011, 03:41 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 27 2011, 09:44 AM) Very interesting... it almost looks like the object in the middle landed on a more fragile structure... Would the images suggest that Rodrigo de Jerez (featured above) split from Terreros before both finally coming to rest? False color view of the scene is so intriguing, the CRISM "hot pixel" area looks fairly familiar to Oppy...(kudos MRO  )Can't wait for the details to come drifting in... -------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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Jan 29 2011, 05:35 PM
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Probably you already noticed, anyway today's APOD image is Sol 2476 mosaic assembled/colored by me and Ken (already published on Universe Today):
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110129.html ADMIN: Remember that we have a thread where this sort of stuff is more appropriately posted. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jan 29 2011, 06:38 PM
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Congratulations on getting published on APOD!
Very nice panorama. -------------------- -- Robin
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Jan 30 2011, 10:40 AM
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Mars as art...just a nice image
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Jan 30 2011, 06:54 PM
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Couple more features been given names...
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Feb 2 2011, 06:46 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
The latest fact- and news-packed MER Update by The Planetary Society's AJS Rayl is now available for you to read...
http://www.planetary.org/news/2011/0131_Ma...te_Mission.html -------------------- |
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Feb 2 2011, 02:57 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 1 2011, 10:46 PM) The Planetary Society's AJS Rayl is now available for you to read... QUOTE From Erebus, Opportunity began the 21-month-long journey to Victoria, an 800-meter- (half-mile) wide crater. I believe she meant to say "Endurance." I do however love this paragraph. It belongs on a poster: They climbed a Martian hill, forged across ancient salty sea beds, drove into craters, picked through rocky landscapes, cruised across plains, and [have] taken the most glorious pictures ever snapped on the surface of Mars. Through it all, they seemed uncannily determined, allowing neither dust storms, or gnarly sand dunes, or treacherous terrains or anything else to keep them from their mission. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 2 2011, 04:17 PM
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Also mentioned in the report is :
"There, on the edge of what may – or may not – be a smaller impact crater along the side of Santa Maria,..." Has anyone noticed this, at Yuma? -------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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