Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Oct 4 2011, 12:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Oppy's next destination - the Shoemaker Ridge...
(3D version here http://roadtoendeavour.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sr-3d.jpg ) Some more height...surrounded by lots of gorgeous rocks...view right across Endeavour... our first view too, probably, of the Promised Land in the centre of Cape York where the phylosillicates are waiting to be found... Go get 'em, Oppy! Edit: looks like Oppy's on the move... http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...84P1211L0M1.JPG -------------------- |
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Oct 24 2011, 02:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
Here is my first crude attempt at putting the Eiffel Tower in Endeavour Crater
The Eiffel is almost exactly 1000 feet tall The crater is almost 14 miles across, so half way across is 7 miles or roughly 40K feet At that distance a 1000 foot object would appear 1.43 degrees tall. (right triangle math) Each Pancam pixel resolves 0.28 mrads 1.43 degrees is about 24 mrads So the tower would be about 80 pixels tall at 40,000 feet away. I found a silhouette online and shrunk it to 80 pixels. (please check my math....) I put the Eiffel on top of the center mound in the crater, thinking it represented about halfway across. (i didn't tilt the image to match the tower, so we have a leaning tower of eiffel...) Your mileage may vary... -------------------- CLA CLL
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Oct 24 2011, 03:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 5-January 10 Member No.: 5161 |
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