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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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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, 01:20 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10173 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Marsisimportant: "The simplest explanation is something similar to what I conjectured in my previous post."
Phil: "That's odd - I would have said exactly the same, but about MY previous post" Yes, the simplest explanation is that they were thrown there as ejecta from the many small craters like Dolphin that occur all over the region. I agree that ice is possible, but it requires a change in the current environment. Ejecta doesn't. In fact, even if there were blueberries on the rock left from its icy past (if it had one), they should now be joined by ejecta-deposited blueberries. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Aug 2 2009, 01:39 PM
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...the simplest explanation is that they were thrown there as ejecta from the many small craters like Dolphin that occur all over the region. I agree that ice is possible, but it requires a change in the current environment. Ejecta doesn't..... Besides ejecta and ice, what about the possibility that BI was buried, through deposition, in the rock (not ice) layers in which the berries later formed and berries were left on it just as they were left on the rest of the Meridiani surface as the layers eroded away? And also, the possibility that BI impacted in and buried itself in berry-containing material which was later eroded away. |
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Aug 2 2009, 01:51 PM
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