The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
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Time for a new thread.
After moving southwards for ages, the "detour" by the western path has started with a 60+ meters drive on sol 1942. There are no images yet --they should be available on the next update-- so this image was calculated solely based on the rover's mobility info. I'll update the route map later. |
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Aug 2 2009, 08:25 AM
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I don't suppose wind could have blown blueberries into the shallow depressions in the rock? I doubt that is possible given the atmosphere of Mars is too thin. Even if the atmosphere was tens times as thick when this meteorite landed, it would still be too thin to lift those berries vertically on top of the rock. The only plausible way I can think of is for the meteor having been buried and then excavated at a later date. The simplest explanation is something similar to what I conjectured in my previous post. Certainly other things could have happened, but they would require a lot more complications. Perhaps other meteor strikes threw the berries onto this rock. But if that is the case, then explain why they are so uniform. If you are unfamiliar with the icy formation theory, then I am surprised. It was all over the news. I don't have a link immediately handy; but I will look for one. Here is one story that mentions it: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0902...m-mars-ice.html Another more detailed story is in Nature but it is archived now and you have to have a subscription to view it. There are others. I'll mention good links on the theory as I have an opportunity. (didn't mean to create a pun) Here is a better one that explains more. I wish I could find the original paper on the topic. http://www.universetoday.com/2009/02/16/ne...t-mars-equator/ (Three consecutive posts merged - ADMIN) |
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