Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Oct 22 2011, 05:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Lot'sa of new placenames the past few days: 02743 p2410 Sheba 02749 p2414 Onverwacht 02751 p2560. Hooggenoeg 02751 p2561 Tjakastad 02751 p2562 Moodies --Bill So, we moved from Canada (Tisdale and co.) to South Africa. A search on the names point to the latter. ---- On a different matter, we are way after Shoemaker Ridge so I though it would be ok to update the thread name: Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse ( |
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Oct 22 2011, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2917 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Well, CY's about 800 metres long, Regarding a recent comment from Scott about feeling Endeavour size, CY's = Victoria's. -------------------- |
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Oct 22 2011, 09:03 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
If I may, some more size comparisons here...
http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2011/...ng-up-cape-york -------------------- |
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Oct 22 2011, 09:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Here's a pseudo-false-color anaglyph of Onverwacht (sol 2749). Painful, I know. The red-cyan separation of anaglyphs doesn't play well with real (or even false) color, especially with a color scheme which is skewed toward red.
If anyone out there has a iPhone/iPod Touch with a my3D, the latter two images are compatible with that device. |
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Oct 22 2011, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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Oct 23 2011, 12:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
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Oct 23 2011, 10:47 AM
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To help rover driver Scott (and the rest of us) visualizing the size of Endeavour, I think It could be cool to put some Empire State Buildings or Eiffel Towers into the panoramas of the crater. We need something a little bigger than Mystery Man for those distances! It would be especially interesting to see those buildings giving scale to Tribulation and to the mountains on the other side of the crater. Anyone up for it?
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Oct 23 2011, 11:17 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Great idea! You should give it a go!
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Guest_Oersted_* |
Oct 23 2011, 11:37 AM
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Oh, that would be way above my feeble skills... - I defer to the experts!
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Oct 23 2011, 12:13 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
That's the way I used to think, too, but gave it a go and gradually I've made it to the 'not bad if I say so myself!' level. And
really there's room here for everyone's efforts, and you won't learn unless you try, will you? -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2011, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Endeavour as compared to the view of the San Fernando Valley from Mulholland Dr. Very nice. I like the view from the end of Reseda past the golf course. The mountains are too high of course, but the distance to the Santa Susanas above Granada Hills is roughly accurate. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 23 2011, 02:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
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Oct 23 2011, 07:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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Guest_Oersted_* |
Oct 23 2011, 08:12 PM
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Great idea, but I'd go for a Saturn V. Most of us have seen either one or the other of the two buildings but very few - I guess - have seen the Saturn V in person. Anyway, any well-known landmark would do perfectly well, maybe it would be even better with even bigger landmarks, small mountains for instance. Or a cruise ship or supertanker standing on its end... |
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Oct 23 2011, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
True, but I think we'd get used to it. One check against something you knew would do the calibration. I was thinking it would be a nice homage to all those space artists from Chesley Bonestell onward who have portrayed rockets standing on the surface of Mars.
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