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 Sep 28 2008, 06:01 AM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Been away for a couple of days - enjoyed unexpected stay at a Scottish castle... as you do...
 saw a stunningly clear and dark sky last night, wow, I'd forgotten what one looked like, to be honest - so catching up Big Time here...  First things first: NAAAJFF ("Not Accurate At All, Just For Fun") colourisation of dust grains on Sol 121...
Edit: there are some more "Disco Dancin' Dust Grains!" in my Gallery here, if anyone wants a look. I'm sure Dan can produce a much better, 'stabilised' version but either PS Elements doesn't have that facility or, after looking for half an hour, I'm just too stoopid to find it... 
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Sep 28 2008, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 27 2008, 11:01 PM)  I'm sure Dan can produce a much better, 'stabilised' version Awh, shucks. Flattery will get you everywhere.
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Sep 28 2008, 03:51 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 28 2008, 04:35 PM) Awh, shucks. Flattery will get you everywhere. That's what I was counting on...  Nice job, Dan... why am I reminded of one of those Monty Python animations with people shuffling along..?  -------------------- |
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Sep 28 2008, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Actually I was picturing little cartoon characters like talking raisins, with helium voices crying out, "save, us, save us!"
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Sep 28 2008, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 28 2008, 05:57 PM) Actually I was picturing little cartoon characters like talking raisins, with helium voices crying out, "save, us, save us!" To me, it looks like somebody coming back from the beach with a Jeans with some sand on it... -------------------- |
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Sep 28 2008, 04:19 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Peter Smith: "Curses, we're busted! They figured out that we didn't go to Mars, we faked the whole thing like in Capricorn One when we found out that the springs in the TEGA doors were actually from old slinkies... I knew those close-ups of Steve Squyres' dirty jean pockets would give the game away eventually...!!!"
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Sep 28 2008, 05:20 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 28 2008, 10:57 AM) Actually I was picturing little cartoon characters like talking raisins, with helium voices crying out, "save, us, save us!" "Boil that dust grain! Boil that dust grain! Boil! Boil! Boil! Boil!" -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 28 2008, 10:22 PM
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QUOTE (john_s @ Sep 26 2008, 09:25 PM) That's a seriously cloudy sky. I wonder what it's doing to the solar power levels? Fortunately for power, clouds are sporadic and concentrate in the mornings (that movie is early afternoon). Optical depth measurements have typically been low, even the afternoon of the movie. I hope Jim Whiteway gets a chance to talk about clouds and such at the press conference. |
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Sep 29 2008, 01:57 AM
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There are 4 RGB sets of the same sample.
I think I've seen already several green grains (olivine?) that seem to have a sandy core. |
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Sep 29 2008, 05:29 AM
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QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Sep 29 2008, 03:57 AM) There are 4 RGB sets of the same sample. ...of which you're showing two "scoops". Look like vanila-strawberry color to me -------------------- |
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Sep 29 2008, 06:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 |
QUOTE (climber @ Sep 29 2008, 07:29 AM) Look like vanila-strawberry color to me MECA colors won't look martian, anyway. Maybe we should rename the Northern Plains to the Vanilla-Strawberry Plains.
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Sep 29 2008, 06:37 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (climber @ Sep 29 2008, 06:29 AM) Look like vanila-strawberry color to me ... or that hideous "Tooti Frutti" ice cream with the coloured, hard bits of What-the-hell-is-that? embedded in it...  -------------------- |
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Sep 29 2008, 12:16 PM
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When is the Phoenix team going to deliver the last TEGA sample? 30th September or later? according to their energy levels until when is this possible? Now we should wait the next sample to be from "Upper Cupboard"(ice sample)? in which oven are they going to drop it? are the previous two deliveries, from "Snow White" and OFB successful?
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Sep 29 2008, 12:31 PM
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QUOTE (Ipparchus @ Sep 29 2008, 05:16 AM) When is the Phoenix team going to deliver the last TEGA sample? 30th September or later? according to their energy levels until when is this possible? Now we should wait the next sample to be from "Upper Cupboard"(ice sample)? in which oven are they going to drop it? are the previous two deliveries, from "Snow White" and OFB successful? I think they didn't put out news releases about all that so they'd have some things to talk about at the briefing today. Phoenix Lander Update Briefing: Monday, September 29 NASA TV Schedule: QUOTE September 29, Monday [1100 PDT; 1400 EDT; 1800 UTC] - Mars Phoenix Lander Update Briefing - HQ/JPL - HQ (Public and Media Channels) NASA TV (or NASA TV Yahoo! source or high-resolution) NASA TV Media Channel |
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Sep 29 2008, 02:04 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
More colourised microscope images here if anyone wants a look... as usual, just for fun, not claiming colour or science accuracy.
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