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, 07:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
Great choice of location, Stu.
Here's The Ullswater, a new measure of scale: About the same length as Santa Maria to Endeavour! Andy |
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Apr 12 2011, 08:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Here's The Ullswater, a new measure of scale: ... About the same length as Santa Maria to Endeavour! I'll spare everyone the pictures of me, aged seven, paddling in Ullswater with a toy boat, but instead I will note that I think the "Ullswater" unit needs recalibrating. The lake is 7-9 miles long (from Wikipedia), and the distance from Santa Maria to Cape York is only about 3.5 miles. Yeah- only half an Ullswater to go! John |
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Apr 12 2011, 09:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
The lake is 7-9 miles long (from Wikipedia), and the distance from Santa Maria to Cape York is only about 3.5 miles. Oh John - my bad. You're quite right. A factor of two got lost there: half an Ullswater it is! (I blame rushing to get my borsch hotted up for Yuri's night here in Scotland.) Andy |
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