Farewell Beacon..., The next cape beckons... |
Farewell Beacon..., The next cape beckons... |
Nov 26 2006, 03:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
Wow! If I live to be a hundred, I'll never understand why we've sailed right on past the Beacon toward "Boat Ramp". I agree that the deepest exposures are the most important, but Beacon is the highest! It's sitting right there waiting for us. It's the top of the section. Whether it's composed of impact breccia or undisturbed laminated evaporite determines whether Victoria formed after or before the deposition of the upper Planitia Meridiani. I can't believe that is a trivial issue. It is a fundamental fact of Victoria's history.
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Nov 27 2006, 11:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Yep, an artifact, go and look at the right eye image taken at the same time, it's not there in that one. It's always worth checking the filter for images like this, 8 (in either eye) is the solar filter and will never be of anything except the sun.
This image is part of an observation of the atmospheric tau at sunset and you can actually see the horizon across the image. James -------------------- |
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Nov 28 2006, 01:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
Yep, an artifact, go and look at the right eye image taken at the same time, it's not there in that one. I thought it was an artifact of parallax that Diemos wasn't there! QUOTE It's always worth checking the filter for images like this, 8 (in either eye) is the solar filter and will never be of anything except the sun. Good tip! Actually I haven't managed to penetrate the MER image labels much farther than the time stamp, without losing my place. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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