Bottomless Bay, Next stop after Cape St. Mary |
Bottomless Bay, Next stop after Cape St. Mary |
Dec 3 2006, 07:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Time for a new tread.
Bottomless Bay is on sight on these fresh sol 1016 pics! http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2006-12-02/ Edited: Added this quick & dirty mosaic. This post has been edited by Tesheiner: Dec 3 2006, 07:53 AM |
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Dec 12 2006, 09:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
FYI, one of the pancam shots planned (and hopefully taken) on sol 1021 is named "Islas Baleares".
01021 p2438.08 6 0 0 6 1 13 pancam_islas_baleares_L257 I'm pretty sure some of you know them or have already been there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Islands |
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Dec 12 2006, 08:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Good to see the Gecko looking so chilled and happy! As it happens, one of those islands hosts a popular club called "Space". I'm sure there's a moral in there somewhere... The details of the cross-bedding emerging are fantastic. Do I remember someone (Steve Squyres? I've heard a lot of Steve lately, what with Doug's interview, the lecture, the radio programme. I'm spoiled!) mentioning cross-bedding as indicative of dunes, as opposed to running water? Or is it the case that it's consistent with both, but that festoon cross-bedding is (one indicator) that it has to be running water, as opposed to aeolian deposits? Looking at the size of the most obvious examples, I can more easily imagine wind-driven sand /dunes/ than watery sand /banks/. (And we all know what a great guide uneducated intuition is to these sorts of things.. -------------------- --
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