The Festoon Objective |
The Festoon Objective |
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Oppy has moved in to position to examine the festoon cross beds.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KSP1214L0M1.JPG -------------------- |
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I was a little surprised by Steve's statement: "...the upper part of Overgaard, where the festoons are," implying that they might not be present elsewhere. The most spectacular ones are definitely those on Upper Overgaard, but I have been interpreting some on Lower Overgaard (LO) as well. They are perhaps not as well displayed, but I think some can be seen in the lower left corner of LO. Middle LO may also have some, though they seem either more poorly preserved, displayed, or perhaps deformed. Upper LO has some, too. Since that part of the rock has broken away from a lower part of UO, which has some festoon bedding, you can see the continuation of them across the fracture, on upper LO.
For convenience, here is a link to a page where the image is available in several different sizes. ![]() http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../20060106a.html ................................ ![]() ![]() ................................ Regarding Mogollon, when Steve didn't mention it prior to Victoria, it had me wondering also. They wouldn't turn tail and run without a closer look at the section there would they? ![]() -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Hey, it's CosRok! And he's still able to type!
I guess the teenyboppers didn't tear you limb from limb! ![]() That's always a good sign. Of course we're eager for a blow-by-blow account, assuming you don't mind talking about it. So, about these festoons . You didn't provide a marked map, but I'm guessing you were referring to areas like those I've circled in puce Do you realize that the area of 'UnderOvergaard' subjected to close MI study does a rather brilliant job of avoiding these areas?! What on Mars can they be thinking about? Did they want a purely parallel bedding area to compare with OverOvergaard? Or did they just "whip out the IDD" at a random location? (Personally I think we ought to be a bit more prudent about where we whip it out.) (Especially since Oppy is starting to get a bit 'shaky' at whipping it out!) -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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