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Stu

Oct 9 2008, 08:04 PM

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The Poet Dude

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Busy preparing a new Outreach talk here, and have been trying to find some images to illustrate the "power" of HiRISE for a non-technical audience. Playing about with - sorry, carefully looking at the images on - the addictive Mars Global Data site I found a cute landslide on Xanthe Terra that does the trick nicely. Using the IAS Viewer you can zoom in on the boulders carried down the slope by the landslide and even see cracks and splits in them... unbelievable...!

Anyone else got any fave examples?

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Stu

Dec 21 2008, 07:09 PM

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The Poet Dude

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Inbetween writing Christmas cards and eating mince pies today I've been playing about with the wonderfully addictive website http://global-data.mars.asu.edu that lets you explore Mars through the eyes of spaceprobes from Viking to MRO. I like just dipping in at random, playing a kind of "martian lucky dip" if you like, and seeing what turns up. I just found something interesting... well, I think it is.

Image http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005665_1800 is entitled "Change detection in Dark spot", so I thought it was worth a look... change is always a good thing on Mars, after all... into IAS Viewer and fine, looked just like one of those "fresh impact craters" to me - a dark "splash" of colour on a bright background. Zoom - and yep, right in the centre there's a small cluster of craters. But that's not what caught my eye - what made me go "hmmm" were the many dark lines and trails coming off the terrain around it. There are hundreds of them! I'm just puzzled what I'm seeing... this isn't a polar area, so the light terrain can't be frost- or snow-covered, yet it looks like something is coming out from underneath a surface layer..?

Anyway, just thought it was interesting - note: not odd, interesting! - and wondered if anyone has any thoughts about it.

HiRISE. What a fantastic camera!

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Stu The power of HiRISE Oct 9 2008, 08:04 PM

stevesliva Emily's series about White Rock is good, too. ... Oct 9 2008, 09:20 PM

elakdawalla I did -- but you remind me I promised to wrap this... Oct 9 2008, 09:35 PM

Stu Yep, Emily's "White Rock" sequence i... Oct 9 2008, 10:29 PM

mchan As in Emily's presentation, consider adding sc... Oct 10 2008, 03:14 AM

Fran Ontanaya Spider: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003087_0... Oct 10 2008, 08:10 AM

AndyG QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Oct 10 2008, 09:10... Oct 10 2008, 08:48 AM

peter59 I found another unusual boulder track. You can see... Nov 28 2008, 09:08 PM

Nirgal QUOTE (peter59 @ Nov 28 2008, 10:08 PM) M... Nov 28 2008, 11:18 PM

OWW QUOTE (Nirgal @ Nov 29 2008, 12:18 AM) Ye... Nov 29 2008, 01:37 PM

RoverDriver QUOTE (OWW @ Nov 29 2008, 05:37 AM) Inter... Nov 29 2008, 03:21 PM

Tman QUOTE (peter59 @ Nov 28 2008, 10:08 PM) ... Nov 29 2008, 03:48 PM

charborob Judging from the freshness of the tracks, this eve... Nov 28 2008, 09:23 PM

ilbasso I would love to see an anaglyph of that scene! Nov 29 2008, 04:33 AM

hendric There was some concern before that HiRise's re... Dec 1 2008, 10:33 PM

Nirgal QUOTE (hendric @ Dec 1 2008, 11:33 PM) Th... Dec 1 2008, 10:49 PM

Sunspot The camera developed a fault not long after scienc... Dec 2 2008, 09:08 AM

SteveM The reported degradation of the camera has been fo... Dec 2 2008, 02:44 PM

OWW QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 2 2008, 10:08 AM) Th... Dec 11 2008, 09:01 PM

Stu Hey, look... HiRISE is on Twitter now, too... htt... Dec 10 2008, 02:39 PM

lyford A picture is worth 140 characters! Dec 10 2008, 04:18 PM

Stu Just... beautiful... Capri Chasma images Dec 11 2008, 08:46 PM

akuo AFAIR the noise problem was present only in some o... Dec 11 2008, 10:20 PM

tuvas QUOTE (akuo @ Dec 11 2008, 03:20 PM) AFAI... Jan 25 2009, 05:12 PM

Stu Inbetween writing Christmas cards and eating mince... Dec 21 2008, 07:09 PM

ElkGroveDan Stu, do those lines appear throughout the region o... Dec 21 2008, 07:11 PM

Stu QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 21 2008, 07:11 P... Dec 21 2008, 07:16 PM

OWW They look like ordinary dry dust avanches. Dec 21 2008, 09:27 PM

Stu QUOTE (OWW @ Dec 21 2008, 09:27 PM) They ... Dec 21 2008, 09:37 PM

imipak Fascinating, good catch, I'm looking forward t... Dec 21 2008, 09:28 PM

OWW Me neither. But I don't see any layers. To ... Dec 21 2008, 09:58 PM

Stu Hmmm, you may be right. I'm just very impresse... Dec 21 2008, 10:15 PM

OWW Easily impressed huh? Dust, dust and... more dust... Dec 21 2008, 10:39 PM

Stu QUOTE (OWW @ Dec 21 2008, 10:39 PM) Easil... Dec 22 2008, 08:36 AM

OWW QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 22 2008, 09:36 AM) Somet... Dec 22 2008, 11:44 AM

mchan QUOTE (OWW @ Dec 21 2008, 02:39 PM) And o... Dec 24 2008, 03:03 AM

sariondil QUOTE (OWW @ Dec 21 2008, 10:58 PM) Me ne... Dec 22 2008, 03:22 PM

Stu Couple of new shots here... More HiRISE highlig... Jan 5 2009, 02:27 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 5 2009, 09:27 AM) Couple... Jan 5 2009, 05:04 PM

Nirgal full inline quote removed - mod Wow: the perfect ... Jan 5 2009, 05:16 PM

Stu HiRISE zooms in on Pavonis... http://cumbriansky.... Apr 23 2009, 07:19 PM

Stu ... and another "volcanic treat" from Hi... Apr 25 2009, 08:04 AM

ngunn Stu, I hope you don't mind me posting this lin... May 7 2009, 11:47 AM

nprev Shooting from the hip here, Stu's impact clust... May 7 2009, 12:05 PM

Stu Thanks guys, glad you found the post interesting. ... May 7 2009, 02:08 PM

Stu Very very very cool pic of Victoria Crater release... Aug 12 2009, 04:02 PM

Phil Stooke Nice! And here's the intrepid rover itsel... Aug 12 2009, 06:49 PM

Astro0 A comparison between the two HiRise images of Vict... Aug 14 2009, 06:55 AM

Stu Colourised crops from image of gullies in Gale Cra... Sep 2 2009, 11:45 PM

ElkGroveDan The absence of any impact features at any scale he... Sep 3 2009, 12:08 AM

elakdawalla Wow...well spotted, Stu. The quantity of space im... Sep 3 2009, 01:52 AM

nprev Remarkable; thanks, Stu!!! Correct me... Sep 3 2009, 02:09 AM

mhoward QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 2 2009, 07:09 PM) Corr... Sep 3 2009, 03:11 PM

djellison Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's ... Sep 3 2009, 11:45 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 3 2009, 03:45 AM) ... Sep 3 2009, 04:10 PM

djellison Stu said those a few posts ago were Gale. Sep 3 2009, 03:36 PM

Stu "Baby" gully on a new HiRISE image..? h... Sep 19 2009, 11:09 AM

Hungry4info QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 19 2009, 06:09 AM) ... Sep 19 2009, 12:48 PM

dvandorn If it's a "baby" gully, it's bee... Sep 19 2009, 05:22 PM

Stu Ah, good thinking Doug, thanks. All input apprecia... Sep 19 2009, 11:04 PM

ElkGroveDan I would add however Stu that the age of dunes on t... Sep 19 2009, 11:51 PM

climber A teleconference scheduled shortly (today): http:/... Sep 24 2009, 04:49 PM

Julius teleconference was about water on the moon! So... Sep 24 2009, 07:00 PM

djellison That was the lunar press conference. Right NOW - ... Sep 24 2009, 07:25 PM

Greg Hullender As with Dr. Johnson's dancing dog, the wonder ... Sep 24 2009, 08:26 PM

Stu Colourised crop from one of today's HiRISE rel... Sep 30 2009, 11:08 PM

sgendreau QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 30 2009, 04:08 PM) Colou... Oct 11 2009, 04:05 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (sgendreau @ Oct 11 2009, 09:05 AM)... Oct 11 2009, 06:19 PM

nprev THAT is an incredible image, Stu; thank you!... Sep 30 2009, 11:45 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes I think I saw one of those carved into a cliff at ... Oct 1 2009, 03:00 AM

DFinfrock QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Oct 1 2009... Oct 1 2009, 05:13 AM

JohnVV Nice photo .It almost looks like we have some ... Oct 1 2009, 06:55 AM

Stu The latest batch of releases also features a rathe... Oct 1 2009, 11:55 AM

Stu Just a gorgeous, gorgeous view... http://twitpic.... Oct 9 2009, 05:39 AM

Nirgal QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 9 2009, 07:39 AM) Just a... Oct 10 2009, 11:19 PM

Tman Subtiler, but DDs can do beautiful artwork too. It... Oct 11 2009, 03:05 PM

stevesliva I love the combination of slope streaks and dustde... Oct 11 2009, 03:34 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (stevesliva @ Oct 11 2009, 10:34 AM... Oct 11 2009, 06:15 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Oct 11 2009, 02:15... Oct 11 2009, 09:28 PM

climber What about this one? Oct 15 2009, 08:27 PM

ElkGroveDan That is amazing. It looks like a blanket with an ... Oct 15 2009, 08:38 PM

infocat13 are the dunes in valleys? are the surrounding terr... Oct 16 2009, 12:31 AM

Phil Stooke This is where we need the guy who says 'Zis is... Oct 15 2009, 09:23 PM

Greg Hullender My gosh! At first I thought it was a joke pict... Oct 15 2009, 10:34 PM

Phil Stooke Not a bad idea... I think I will get that tattooed... Oct 15 2009, 10:38 PM

Astro0 Where/what is it? Check it out here. Oct 16 2009, 12:42 AM

nprev This one just gets more fascinating every time I l... Oct 16 2009, 12:57 AM

Stu (Looking at LROC image...) Call that a bouncing b... Oct 16 2009, 11:38 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 16 2009, 04:38 PM) (from... Oct 17 2009, 03:59 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 16 2009, 08:59 P... Oct 17 2009, 04:42 AM

nprev ...holy [clinking] [clink!!!!] Can... Oct 17 2009, 02:16 AM

Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 17 2009, 03:16 AM) ..... Oct 17 2009, 05:39 AM

elakdawalla Thanks Dan! Oct 17 2009, 05:18 AM

nprev Aah, you still deserve the props, big guy. It... Oct 17 2009, 05:54 AM

Pavel How could a dust avalanche flow around the boulder... Oct 17 2009, 06:04 AM

Stu If you liked that, Nick, you'll love this... ... Oct 17 2009, 06:37 AM

nprev HA!!! Christmas in October! Wha... Oct 17 2009, 06:47 AM

stevesliva Has this been mentioned here before? I'm not ... Oct 17 2009, 01:12 PM

Tesheiner It's stated on that very same page: "... ... Oct 17 2009, 02:08 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Oct 17 2009, 10:08 AM)... Oct 18 2009, 03:46 PM

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