Final Approach, First good views of Victoria |
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 Sep 27 2006, 12:12 PM
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Sep 27 2006, 12:13 PM
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Here's a reaction for Doug's box:
羔羊中的孤羊。What a stunning view of Miss Vicky! (Pronounced "Gao yang jong duh goo yang" and meaning "Motherless goats of all motherless goats." Shamelessly borrowed from the TV series Firefly, one of the finest sci-fi series ever.) |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:19 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Or...
"Look at the size of that frakking crater!" (from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, possibly the second best sci-fi series ever made... or third, after The Clangers... ) sorry... <chink> -------------------- |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:20 PM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Sep 27 2006, 07:58 AM)  I think you don't know what your talking about - IMHO. Some of us may have trouble grasping the true size of Victoria and the scale differences between Victoria & Endurance. It's one thing to know the numbers, it's another to grok it from the images. Perhaps one of our math & image gurus can help give a sense of the scale, maybe put two similar images of Endurance & Victoria crater walls together with Mystery Man standing at the top or bottom. That should give some perspective as to how much vertical relief Vicky is showing us. -------------------- --O'Dave
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Sep 27 2006, 12:21 PM
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w00t!!!
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Sep 27 2006, 12:22 PM
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OM*G! (<clinck>)
Pancams! My kingdom for some pancams! 
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Sep 27 2006, 12:22 PM
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OK, you've conviced me,
 here is a quick brightness/contrast matched version
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Sep 27 2006, 12:22 PM
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Been thinking before, the almost vertical walls of the capes are going to be a problem solar energy wise too. Oppy can't just be placed anywhere to RAT a few holes, otherwise she will be in the shadow of the cape for a part of the sol! So the places of investigation need to be carefully selected in this sense too.
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Sep 27 2006, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE (general @ Sep 27 2006, 01:09 PM) arrived I am purveyor of arrival - I will give the word Doug |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:35 PM
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Some of those rocks that have fallen down the left hand side of the crater, in the mid distance, have to be 10 feet tall don't they ?
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Sep 27 2006, 12:36 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 27 2006, 02:24 PM) I am purveyor of arrival - I will give the word Doug Okay. You're the boss 
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Sep 27 2006, 12:40 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 27 2006, 07:22 AM) OM*G! (<clinck>) Pancams! My kingdom for some pancams! http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EKP2387R1M1.JPG |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:44 PM
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And look to this new navcam that just arrived: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EKP0673L0M1.JPG
 (Add two more coins to the box)IMO, Duck Bay is traversable. |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:45 PM
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Not that there isn't enough *WOW* to be had from Victoria, but at least some wow should be saved for Big Crater which is now showing up very well on the distant horizon
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...EKP2387L7M1.JPG |
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Sep 27 2006, 12:45 PM
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The pancams are all taken with the L7 filter which doesnt highlight any outcrop rock. This navcam image is perhaps slightly more revealing:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EKP0673L0M1.JPG
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