Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:
http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features. I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria. EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 12 2011, 06:17 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Just briefly going back to my image of the "hills on the horizon", I came across a rather great coincidence. Stella and I went camping on Sunday, to a beautiful nearby lake called Ullswater, and as soon as we had set up camp I started taking pictures, as you do. Breathtaking view from our tent, right across the lake to the hills and mountains beyond...
...and (if I've read it correctly!) checking the always-useful MER filename decoder I found that the images I used to make my "hills on the horizon" pic were taken at just before 3pm on Sunday, Earth time, at exactly the same time I was taking my pics of Ullswater. Hence, just for fun and novelty value... Just liked the idea of it, that's all... me, sitting there, by my tent, taking pictures of faraway hills, while Oppy, sitting there in the middle of Meridiani, was doing exactly the same thing... (colour version of Ullswater pic here ) -------------------- |
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