El Dorado, The place formerly known as Ultreya |
El Dorado, The place formerly known as Ultreya |
Dec 15 2005, 08:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
Steve has a new update:
http://athena1.cornell.edu/news/mubss/ And it looks like the official name for the Ultreya Abyss now is "El Dorado" I looked up El Dorado and the poem is actually quite fitting by Edgar Allan Poe (1849) Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old- This knight so bold- And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow- "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be- This land of Eldorado?" "Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied- "If you seek for Eldorado!" -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Dec 17 2005, 08:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
Comanche is big!
From memory Comanche is about 10 meters distance. Comanche is about 15 meters wide and mayby 3- 5 meters high Commanche Flicker Warnig: File Size 500 Kb [attachment=2888:attachment] |
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Dec 18 2005, 02:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
QUOTE (stewjack @ Dec 17 2005, 08:46 PM) Comanche is big! From memory Comanche is about 10 meters distance. Comanche is about 15 meters wide and mayby 3- 5 meters high Comanche is about 2 1/2 meters high according to Steve Squyres comment at the Hayden on 12/12/05 Comanche is big! Thank you for those glorious pictures and flickers |
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Dec 18 2005, 10:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
QUOTE (mars loon @ Dec 18 2005, 10:00 AM) Comanche is about 2 1/2 meters high according to Steve Squyres comment at the Hayden on 12/12/05 Comanche is big! Thank you for those glorious pictures and flickers I can't argue with the 2 1/2 meter height measurement. My width measurement was not done at the same point as my multiple distance measurements. Consequently, the parallax converters width number varied with each distance measurement. I'm still a little surprised that my guesstimated height was that far off, but at least it is taller than Spirits mast! |
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Dec 19 2005, 11:12 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Like I was saying on the Comanche thread...:
With Doug's and Nico's anaglyph we can see that behind Comanche the terrain descents abruptaly...If you compare the distance to Gusev's floor from the patch of terrain right aside Comanche and the one where the dark sand rules there's is a great difference over there...It looks like El Dorado is divided in three diferent areas, the dark sand unit, a more homogenous area with almost no boulders in it and, closer to Comanche a depression with more irregular terrain... So...the dark dune field is just a part of the formar Ultreya shadow...I guess, like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/ustrax/123.jpg -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 19 2005, 03:57 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Dec 19 2005, 04:02 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 19 2005, 03:57 PM) Anaglyph! Anaglyph! Anaglyph! I never thought that this day would arrive... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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