Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
Jul 17 2011, 09:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I think it's time we start a new thread
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Aug 5 2011, 12:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
There is something very unusual about that "flow" if that is what it is. If it were molten rock (or liquid of any kind) it would necessarily follow the contours of that last crater it crosses; either pool up in the bottom of it, or if the crater is on a slope then the flow would follow a circular path along the crater's wall. Instead it looks as though this dark feature was draped across the body from above like strands of hair or a veil. It has to have been deposited from above -- something like dust or fine particles continuously ejected downrange from it's source.
(enlarged and contrast enhanced crop) -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 5 2011, 12:23 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 10-July 11 Member No.: 6055 |
Yeah I was thinking that too, otherwise it flowed "uphill" and out of some of those craters. -kap |
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