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Marslauncher
post Mar 17 2007, 09:58 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6461201.stm

Scientists studying pictures from Nasa's Odyssey spacecraft have spotted what they think may be seven caves on the surface of Mars.


well I guess that makes habitats a much easier task of creating now, plus with whatever we find in the walls of Valles Marineris.
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babakm
post Mar 19 2007, 05:17 PM
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H1904 is a pretty dark image anyway.

BTW, Dena is visible at the bottom of the Chloe THEMIS image as well.
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- Marslauncher   USTRAX! Here is your Abyss.   Mar 17 2007, 09:58 AM
- - Rakhir   It may be a nice target for HiRISE !   Mar 17 2007, 10:22 AM
- - Toma B   Wow! Nice place to send Robot-Speleologist.....   Mar 17 2007, 10:42 AM
|- - tasp   B)-->QUOTE(Toma B @ Mar 17 2007, 05:42 AM...   Mar 17 2007, 03:40 PM
- - JTN   Here's the abstract. The Nature article sugges...   Mar 17 2007, 11:12 AM
- - MarsIsImportant   I'm not too surprised at all about this find. ...   Mar 17 2007, 03:10 PM
- - nprev   Even more exciting, what about ancient sulfate sta...   Mar 17 2007, 03:51 PM
- - tasp   Would we recognize a kimberlite pipe in any of the...   Mar 17 2007, 03:53 PM
- - MarsIsImportant   It sounds like, if these extensive cave networks d...   Mar 17 2007, 04:37 PM
- - tty   Considering the surrounding terrain and location t...   Mar 17 2007, 05:28 PM
- - nprev   We need to know more about these for many reasons,...   Mar 17 2007, 05:57 PM
- - dvandorn   My only concern for the suitability of these caves...   Mar 18 2007, 12:54 AM
- - SFJCody   http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005LPI....36.1051B ...   Mar 18 2007, 08:02 AM
- - pch   Yes, you can found stalactites in basalt cave...   Mar 18 2007, 09:58 AM
- - edstrick   Lave-tube igneous speleothems will be about the sa...   Mar 18 2007, 10:05 AM
- - tasp   An examination of broken stalagmites and stalactit...   Mar 18 2007, 01:46 PM
- - nprev   Agreed...would love to see cross-sections of same...   Mar 18 2007, 03:52 PM
- - edstrick   http://www.stoneaerospace.com is getting ready to...   Mar 19 2007, 09:19 AM
- - ustrax   QUOTE (Marslauncher @ Mar 17 2007, 09:58 ...   Mar 19 2007, 10:22 AM
- - helvick   Bill Stone is definitely a man to keep an eye on. ...   Mar 19 2007, 10:36 AM
|- - ustrax   Here they are... http://i16.photobucket.com/album...   Mar 19 2007, 11:49 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 19 2007, 11:49 AM) ht...   Mar 19 2007, 03:20 PM
- - djellison   If you've taken the cave 'targets' fro...   Mar 19 2007, 03:45 PM
- - elakdawalla   No, those pictures are indeed VIS. Here's the...   Mar 19 2007, 03:54 PM
- - djellison   That'll teach me to comment without digging fi...   Mar 19 2007, 04:05 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 19 2007, 05:05 PM)...   Mar 19 2007, 06:40 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tty @ Mar 19 2007, 06:40 PM) They ...   Mar 19 2007, 06:41 PM
- - babakm   Doug, I'm not sure you have the names matched...   Mar 19 2007, 05:01 PM
- - djellison   I just listed the names in the order they were, an...   Mar 19 2007, 05:07 PM
|- - ustrax   So...this must be Clöhe and Jeanne, right? About J...   Mar 19 2007, 05:20 PM
- - babakm   H1904 is a pretty dark image anyway. BTW, Dena is...   Mar 19 2007, 05:17 PM
- - djellison   Pulled out what I can find from the HRSC images......   Mar 19 2007, 08:05 PM
- - hendric   I guess this is a pretty stupid question, but why ...   Mar 19 2007, 09:28 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 19 2007, 09:28 PM) I...   Mar 20 2007, 02:50 PM
- - tty   Perhaps impactors punched holes in the roof? Even ...   Mar 19 2007, 10:03 PM
- - babakm   They look transposed vs the original images, but o...   Mar 19 2007, 10:18 PM
- - jaredGalen   Is there any radar coverage of any of these areas ...   May 24 2007, 01:01 AM
- - PhilCo126   APD : http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html   Jun 6 2007, 08:51 PM


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