Concepción, The freshest crater yet to be explored |
Concepción, The freshest crater yet to be explored |
 Jan 27 2010, 03:48 AM
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 My, that's one big, jagged, gaping hole:
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Jan 27 2010, 10:55 PM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Is it me, or do the rocks around the crater even look "fresher"? There aren't any small cobbles around each larger rock, for example.
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fredk Concepción Jan 27 2010, 03:48 AM
brellis Is there a significant risk of getting stuck if Op... Jan 27 2010, 06:29 AM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (brellis @ Jan 26 2010, 10:29 PM) I... Jan 27 2010, 07:20 PM Stu Wow, will ya look at that...
http://twitpic.com/... Jan 27 2010, 06:45 AM Phil Stooke "Are they shattercones littering the area?... Jan 27 2010, 02:09 PM Stu Fair enough, thanks Phil. Jan 27 2010, 02:21 PM Stu Hmmm. Interesting rock on the bottom of one of the... Jan 27 2010, 02:51 PM Ant103 Sol 2133 navcam panoramic
Yes, we're very ... Jan 27 2010, 03:52 PM Phil Stooke Fourmidable!
And here it is in a polar projec... Jan 27 2010, 04:36 PM climber We are sitting now on one of the most scenic place... Jan 27 2010, 05:59 PM Phil Stooke Many, maybe most of the rocks seem to be sitting o... Jan 27 2010, 07:09 PM NW71 Is that the reason this crater is believed to be o... Jan 27 2010, 07:57 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 27 2010, 11:09 A... Jan 27 2010, 08:00 PM volcanopele What data could Opportunity collect that might hel... Jan 27 2010, 09:30 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 27 2010, 01:30 P... Jan 27 2010, 10:15 PM Phil Stooke That's right, and they're pretty small roc... Jan 27 2010, 07:28 PM Stu Yep, (Frasier Crane voice)... I'm listening...... Jan 27 2010, 09:54 PM brellis EGDan, thanks for the info on rock sizes and thank... Jan 27 2010, 11:03 PM Phil Stooke "why are they so certain that it's 1000 y... Jan 27 2010, 11:23 PM marswiggle Made this HiRise anaglyph of Concepcion, magnified... Jan 27 2010, 11:24 PM glennwsmith Stu, cool picture. I think we can see the "r... Jan 28 2010, 01:30 AM Stu GREAT 3D overhead view of Concepcion, thanks for p... Jan 28 2010, 06:18 AM climber No big relief differences to expect any significan... Jan 28 2010, 12:09 PM climber Nice Stu, but you're posting in Oppy's Jan 28 2010, 09:57 PM Stu Sorry, posted in haste. Deleted and put in the rig... Jan 28 2010, 10:01 PM brellis QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 28 2010, 02:01 PM) Sorry... Jan 29 2010, 05:12 AM ilbasso
Sorry to interrupt the fun, but wasn't the He... Jan 29 2010, 03:29 AM fredk Oooohhh...
Jan 29 2010, 03:32 AM ElkGroveDan That's a really good anaglyph Fred. It's o... Jan 29 2010, 04:35 AM mhoward That is really cool.
QuickTime VR version (3.2... Jan 29 2010, 04:59 AM Stu Quick n dirty 3D portrait of Concepcion... what a ... Jan 29 2010, 06:49 AM glennwsmith Ground truth -- could this be the most exquisite e... Jan 29 2010, 07:58 AM nprev What a stunning vista in 3D!!!
I know... Jan 29 2010, 08:12 AM Ant103 Own version of the Sol 2136 pan
YES ! That... Jan 29 2010, 09:02 AM Tesheiner What a great view is opening up at the horizon... Jan 29 2010, 09:37 AM climber This one will be as hard to navigate as Bonneville... Jan 29 2010, 12:03 PM JayB Is it just me or does that ejecta look pretty old ... Jan 29 2010, 02:12 PM charborob Even if this crater appears (relatively) young, it... Jan 29 2010, 02:14 PM NW71 It's a good question charborob. If you don... Jan 29 2010, 02:50 PM Phil Stooke Yes, I believe crumbled to sand. They are rather ... Jan 29 2010, 02:51 PM Stu Some more 3D images in my blog post here http://ro... Jan 29 2010, 04:31 PM ustrax Here's a new toy for Stu...
http://qt.explora... Jan 29 2010, 04:44 PM Stu Thanks for reminding me! I saw that this morni... Jan 29 2010, 05:10 PM ustrax Does it have a name?! Does it have a name?... Jan 29 2010, 05:21 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (ustrax @ Jan 29 2010, 06:21 PM) Do... Jan 29 2010, 08:14 PM Oersted When I look at Concepción I can almost hear the BA... Jan 29 2010, 05:33 PM Marz QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 29 2010, 11:33 AM) W... Jan 29 2010, 05:44 PM centsworth_II Is Concepción (bottom) really very different from ... Jan 29 2010, 08:25 PM Tesheiner OT:
QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jan 29 2010, 09... Jan 29 2010, 08:47 PM avkillick Ubay and Anda are districts in Bohol province in t... Jan 29 2010, 09:32 PM ustrax QUOTE (avkillick @ Jan 29 2010, 09:32 PM)... Jan 29 2010, 11:49 PM fredk QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jan 29 2010, 09:25... Jan 30 2010, 06:15 PM volcanopele It is a little different. The main ripples of the... Jan 29 2010, 08:31 PM nprev Right, forgot that the Phillippines were going to ... Jan 29 2010, 09:37 PM Joffan For the old-school among us, here's a cross-ey... Jan 29 2010, 09:43 PM ngunn QUOTE (Joffan @ Jan 29 2010, 09:43 PM) th... Jan 29 2010, 10:07 PM DFinfrock QUOTE (Joffan @ Jan 29 2010, 09:43 PM) he... Jan 30 2010, 12:47 AM Egon QUOTE (Joffan @ Jan 29 2010, 10:43 PM) Fo... Jan 30 2010, 08:20 PM MoreInput Oppy: "Oh just boulders around here... let... Jan 31 2010, 02:06 PM glennwsmith Centsworth, thanks for digging up Fram! They ... Jan 29 2010, 11:33 PM john_s I'm having trouble with these very young ages.... Jan 29 2010, 11:41 PM sgendreau QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 29 2010, 03:41 PM) I... Jan 30 2010, 12:10 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 29 2010, 03:41 PM) As... Jan 30 2010, 12:40 AM john_s QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 30 2010, 01:40 A... Jan 30 2010, 04:11 AM Tom Tamlyn >Thanks to HiRISE, we do have a handle on the c... Jan 30 2010, 07:42 AM john_s QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Jan 30 2010, 08:42 AM... Jan 30 2010, 02:45 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 30 2010, 06:45 AM) My... Jan 30 2010, 04:51 PM fredk QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 30 2010, 05:11 AM) ..... Jan 30 2010, 05:56 PM nprev Rui, my apologies. Not only did I neglect to credi... Jan 30 2010, 12:48 AM MarkG In evaluating Concepcion, the main efforts will be... Jan 30 2010, 01:16 AM Phil Stooke My polar version of Ant's nice panorama posted... Jan 30 2010, 01:55 AM Stu You're a messed up little rock, aren't you... Jan 30 2010, 08:34 AM Tesheiner Ok, I finished moving some posts from this and the... Jan 30 2010, 09:52 AM Tesheiner Do you want Concepción in color? Just wait for the... Jan 30 2010, 11:19 AM elakdawalla John, I think this abstract by Golombek et al may ... Jan 30 2010, 04:37 PM MarkG QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 30 2010, 08:37 A... Jan 30 2010, 06:40 PM brellis Regarding the likelihood of a 1,000 y.o. crater, w... Jan 30 2010, 09:19 PM elakdawalla That rate is estimated from the crater production ... Jan 30 2010, 11:11 PM brellis That's after they hit. If the volume of NMO... Jan 31 2010, 12:31 AM nprev Yeah, but the rate of change has to be pretty slow... Jan 31 2010, 01:09 AM brellis Large-scale patterns, like the creation of the ast... Jan 31 2010, 04:08 AM Stu L257 pancams down, yaay!
Others will do mu... Jan 31 2010, 09:15 AM Tesheiner Images for everybody! Crater investigators and... Jan 31 2010, 09:19 AM Sunspot http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...66P23... Jan 31 2010, 10:00 AM nprev Yeah, I noticed that, too...been awhile since we... Jan 31 2010, 10:10 AM Ant103 YES, very very nice pancam's today, and the vi... Jan 31 2010, 12:52 PM Stu OMG, Ant, mine look like they were made using *cra... Jan 31 2010, 01:21 PM Hungry4info Ant, I would give you a hug if I could. That is am... Jan 31 2010, 02:02 PM jamescanvin Still at least 2/3 of the pan to add, but seeing h... Jan 31 2010, 02:56 PM OWW All I see is Meridiani-rubble. Anyone sees a rock ... Jan 31 2010, 04:24 PM helvick Looks like the same type of rind material we saw i... Jan 31 2010, 05:19 PM glennwsmith Markg, you ask a very interesting question about t... Jan 31 2010, 05:38 PM glennwsmith Another thought regarding this currently emerging ... Jan 31 2010, 06:08 PM |
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