First Dust Devil this season - any bets? |
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First Dust Devil this season - any bets? |
 Dec 25 2006, 12:01 AM
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QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 24 2006, 05:14 PM)  I bid ten Quatlos for Feb 1st. Bob Shaw Hey, look who showed up for Christmas Welcome back. |
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Dec 25 2006, 12:30 AM
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QUOTE (alan @ Dec 25 2006, 12:01 AM) Hey, look who showed up for Christmas Welcome back. No, either late for the Solstice or early for Hogswatch Night (the 33rd of December). Good to be back, though... Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Dec 25 2006, 08:52 PM
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QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 25 2006, 01:30 AM) No, either late for the Solstice or early for Hogswatch Night (the 33rd of December). Good to be back, though... Bob Shaw Good for us too, dear Bob 
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Dec 28 2006, 06:50 PM
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QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 25 2006, 12:30 AM) Good to be back, though... Great to see you back Bob ! Did you finally slay the NTL dragon or just move to a different provider? |
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Dec 28 2006, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 28 2006, 06:50 PM) Great to see you back Bob ! Did you finally slay the NTL dragon or just move to a different provider? NTL must have fixed whatever bit of DNS thuggery was doing me in! I claim no responsibility - they just did it... Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Dec 29 2006, 12:36 PM
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Given their beneficial effect on Rover power levels and survivability....
Shouldn't we call them DUST ANGELS? |
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Dec 29 2006, 04:23 PM
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I think not - see Phil Plaits BA entry on someone who shares this opinion. I thnk I'll stick with Dust Devils for now.
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Dec 29 2006, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 29 2006, 11:23 AM) I think not - see Phil Plaits BA entry on someone who shares this opinion. I thnk I'll stick with Dust Devils for now. Sorry to continue this Off Topic thread but in my real life I read medieval texts, including biblical commentaries, and compared to them this stuff is really odd. In the Middle Ages the commentators were conscious when they were were being allegorical and when they were making a literal interpretation. This guy seems to take his allegories literally.Decidedly wierd. Steve |
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Jan 2 2007, 07:07 PM
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^^^ Gee, just seeing faces in the rocks on Mars seems pretty tame by comparison, doesn't it?! Of course, they probably are the hideous grimaces of the damned frozen forever in the rock of Satan's wrath.
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Jan 3 2007, 12:38 PM
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-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jan 3 2007, 01:55 PM
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O_o
It's clearly visible on these two images of the FHC : Sol 1041 Sol 1062 Observe the sky brightness and the shadows... -------------------- |
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Jan 10 2007, 10:34 AM
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The shadows look very dark again in this latest haz cam image:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...CGP1131R0M1.JPG As for dust devils, perhaps this years dust devil season will be like last years Atlantic Hurricane season. 
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Jan 16 2007, 09:04 PM
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There's a short update on Mark Lemmon's page :
QUOTE New, sol 1076: Tau has fallen and we approach the time of year we saw dust devils last year. We have experimented with the WATCH command (autonomous detection) and will be very interested in testing it to confirm it works with the parameters we use when there is a dust devil. Then, I expect, we'll use it alot. Or at least I'll ask for it...
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Jan 23 2007, 07:52 PM
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If you look at dilo's animation in this thread :
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...3199&st=105 Then you'll see that the first dust devil has already been recorded. Just look at the upper right in this animation. |
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Jan 23 2007, 08:01 PM
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Good eye, Mizar! I was just staring at the obvious foreground thing. So it looks like the software caught first the real devil in 3 frames, then was fooled in the last 2 frames by the foreground reflection if that's what it is.
According to James, tosol's sighting (1086) is only a few sols before the 1 Martian year aniversary of the first dd spotted. |
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