Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
Jan 27 2010, 09:31 PM
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To answer Ustrax's querries from the other thread, I think we can now see more of the
The leftmost (Endeavour north rim) and middle (far rim) features look similar. But it looks like we can see more stuff on the right, which is Endeavour south rim and Iazu. The view we had a few sols ago (2133) of Iazu was still partly obscured by dunes, so it makes sense that we can see more now. I can't see Bopolu in the navcams, though it could be there and buried in the jpeg noise... |
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Mar 16 2010, 07:20 PM
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I know the Big Bend region well-- I used to take a holiday in the FtDavis/Marfa/Alpine area many years ago. 10,000 foot altitude, all volcanic rhyolite (sorta a continental basalt).
A personal terrestrial analog during that trip just occurred to me. The drive across Texas is long and for the most part traverses flat, flat terrain. Many miles from the mountains of west Texas-Big Bend you begin seeing the peaks just start to poke up over the horizon and grow over the better part a day, much like the distant craters are doing at Meridiani. It's been 20 years, but let me see if I can locate old photgraphs and see how far away we spotted the mountains. I'm thinking 20-30 miles, but you know how fish stories are... --Bill -------------------- |
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