Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Sep 29 2008, 03:13 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Opportunity is getting ready to embark on her most extraordinary journey, a true rover epic.
As information regarding how to win the distance are being collected here, and the emotional last views from Victoria Crater are being discussed here, I thought about creating a new thread that will surely become an obligatory stop as the tall peaks and other features of Endeavour start to rise in the horizon. Here we will be able to discuss the location of features seen from the distance, references that will help us understanding better what we are seing and that will, fortunately, feed our spirit across the long sail across the Meridiani sandwaves. Ultreya! I give it a kick with this navcam image, comparing it with Astro0's original (beautiful...) image: I'm sure James Canvin will correct me... EDITED: I can't resist...I tried! I honestly tried, but it is stronger than me...so many features ahead and not a single name?! Seriously, at Victoria we had features named after places visited by the vessel, and now for Endeavour? Assuming that Oppy will succeed on her quest will the mission keep the same policy, of naming places after Endeavour's tour? If so, there may be some names in common with Victoria... While we are ready to leave the port once more I remembered that we could start naming, internally, (in order to have catchier landmark references... ) these features, as they loom in the horizon, after the ship's crew. We could follow the order presented here. Let me just edit the image up there... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jun 1 2009, 11:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I'm also anticipating the outside chance that the exhuming began before or during the presence of the Meridiani Sea* and as the rover gains in elevation I'm hoping we will encounter distinct eroded shorelines. Would that be cool or what? I'm very intrigued by what we've seen in the HIRISE images and the apparent discontinuity at the base of the slopes.
(Yes I know it could just as easily be more ventifact topography.) -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 2 2009, 03:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 4-January 07 Member No.: 1555 |
Your "shorelines" could also be something else entirely, such as the outer limits of regolith creep or of ancient ground ice movement. Similar-appearing boundaries seem to be fairly common at or near distinct breaks in slope on Mars.
-- HDP Don |
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Jun 2 2009, 04:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Your "shorelines" could also be something else entirely, such as the outer limits of regolith creep or of ancient ground ice movement. Yep they sure could be. They could be mud flows caused by excess rain on a slope where the vegetation was destroyed in last summer's wildfires. They could even be the perimeter of a massive melted ice cream sundae that re-hardened after it got cold one night. Everyone is entitled to their own wacky theory. However I wasn't using the image as evidence of anything. If you read my post again you will see that I used that image to describe my HOPE that shorelines would be encountered, and those are POSSIBLE locations where shorelines might be encountered. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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