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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Mars Global Surveyor _ Something Old, Something New

Posted by: jamescanvin Sep 22 2006, 02:25 AM

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2006/09/20/

Posted by: nprev Sep 22 2006, 05:10 AM

...now that's a landing site...and also a good candidate for the first national park of the Martian Republic circa 2200...thanks!

Posted by: RNeuhaus Sep 22 2006, 01:46 PM

These pictures looks like a topography drawing of a mining field!

I had troubles to identify them if these are mound or crater. The funny part is that these mound have layers with very clear stair-steps. However these mound are inside of a big crater which were filled periodically by a water. Hence that zone was sedimented on the floor fo mounds. That zone is a windy zone which have sculputed these mound with ripples of dark tone over millions years. Very interesting place for MSL landing but it seems somewhat complicated to land since its epsile is so narrow (3kmx3km).

Overall, the view is very beautiful.

Rodolfo

Posted by: lyford Sep 22 2006, 02:04 PM

Oh no! The giant http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/limpets.htm of Mars!
That is a seriously beautiful picture.