Cape St Mary, aka the beacon |
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Cape St Mary, aka the beacon |
 Oct 5 2006, 05:50 PM
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Oct 5 2006, 06:00 PM
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Here is a look inside the shadow on the the face of Beacon's cliff -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2006, 06:12 PM
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Wow... -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2006, 06:42 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Where IS everyone??? I thought there'd be images and mosaics flying in all directions tonight!
 That's the BEACON over there!!! We've talked about it for all these months, and we're here!!! Maybe everyone's waiting until they release that pic of Oppy standing on the edge of VC as taken by MRO, at tomorrow's Media Briefing... (if that's what it is...? Wouldn't it be brilliant if it was an image sequence, with three frames, #1 showing one of the MER's being approached by a dust devil, looking all dirty and grungy, then #2 the rover enveloped by the dust, and #3 reappearing all shiny and new again!  )
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Oct 5 2006, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 5 2006, 02:12 PM) 
Wow... Hey, how about a "mystery man" standing down on the floor among the dunes. The floor seems so close from here, but I'm sure it quite a ways... |
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Oct 5 2006, 07:50 PM
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I was saying that the view from the Beacon Cape would be better then from here, but in any case my reaction when looking to tosol images was the same as almost everybody here: WOW!
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Oct 5 2006, 07:51 PM
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Special processing of the shadowed cliff under the beacon... no sign of that finely-layered band. I haven't seen it anywhere else either, in the more distant views we have of the other capes.
Phil
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Oct 5 2006, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE (Shaka @ Oct 5 2006, 03:14 PM) Am I imagining things or is the Beacon 'Cabo' the only one that shows uplift rather than sag? Does this suggest something fascinating about the underlying structure, or is it just that a fragment of an upper 'evaporite' unit survives atop Beacon, and is lost everywhere else?  You're not the only one; it does look a little uplifty.
Some Photoshopping to lighten the shadows, and rotating to level the horizon, but it still looks verrrry interesting. I would guess that the height of Beacon relative to the rest of the rim, and the uplift, are related. (my first image post, too) |
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Oct 5 2006, 08:00 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (diane @ Oct 5 2006, 07:55 PM) (my first image post, too) Well done diane, nice one!  Welcome to the image processing club (from a VERY junior member!!)
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Oct 12 2006, 06:00 AM
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CODE 967 p2594.16 1 1 0 0 1 3 pancam_capestmary_rocks_L7 Cape St Mary? The Beacon? -------------------- |
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Oct 12 2006, 08:38 AM
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I know I'm pleased...
 10th of January, 1520, Magalhães reaches Cabo Sancta Maria in Uruguay. Here's the cape:  And guess what's it's major attraction?... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 12 2006, 09:42 AM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 12 2006, 10:38 AM) And guess what's it's major attraction?... Kelp Gulls apparently tty |
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Oct 12 2006, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 12 2006, 10:38 AM) I know I'm pleased... 10th of January, 1520, Magalhães reaches Cabo Sancta Maria in Uruguay. Here's the cape: And guess what's it's major attraction?... It is what we said : seen from Europe, Beacon's on the Far Rim Good catch ustrax
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Oct 13 2006, 11:47 PM
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Cape St. Mary Rocks?
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...POP2594L7M1.JPG http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...POP2594L7M1.JPG -------------------- |
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Oct 13 2006, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Oct 14 2006, 12:47 AM) Cape St. Mary Rocks? http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...POP2594L7M1.JPG http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...POP2594L7M1.JPG Where is that? 
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