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 Dec 31 2005, 08:16 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 31 2005, 06:33 PM) LOL - that MB nose-print reminds me of a licorice allsport - the pink and blue speckled ones ( http://www.thorpfruit.com/images/licorice_allsorts.JPG - the pink speckled one toward the top right  )Doug |
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Dec 31 2005, 09:40 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 31 2005, 01:33 PM) These grains are well rounded, most are in the about the same size. They aren't fine but coarse. Then, my toughts are that these grains does not comes from the air but by rolling from a long distance (see the ComicRock append document) due to its rounded shape. I does not seem that the Martian air can blow them into the air but just to roll them. Most probably from the Columbia Hill. Initially, many have tought that by El Dorado might have deposited dust coming the north from Columbia Hill but it is our surprise that there has no dust. Can anyone tell confirm is there any dust or not? I seems if I see that MI picture. Closing it, I wish all to have a new happy year.  Rodolfo |
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Dec 31 2005, 10:40 PM
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Really hard to get the colours matched up for some reason - just couldnt get it all quite right, but it's spectacular none the less
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Jan 1 2006, 12:50 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 31 2005, 10:40 PM) Really hard to get the colours matched up for some reason - just couldnt get it all quite right, but it's spectacular none the less I second the spectacular comment...well done!! |
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Jan 1 2006, 01:17 AM
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That's wonderful, and very beautiful too. Thanks, Doug.
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Jan 1 2006, 01:39 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 31 2005, 02:40 PM) Really hard to get the colours matched up for some reason - just couldnt get it all quite right, but it's spectacular none the less  I'd like to put in a link to it on my blog, if that is ok? With credit, of course. Beautiful image. Very interested in what the composition of this turns out to be and the MIs are great too. A nice start to the "Martian" new year! |
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Jan 1 2006, 01:44 AM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 31 2005, 06:45 PM) You mean the round area near the rover? I'm wondering about that too. - Bob |
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Jan 1 2006, 03:45 AM
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QUOTE (RGClark @ Jan 1 2006, 01:44 AM) You mean the round area near the rover? I'm wondering about that too. - Bob Crop circle? 
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Jan 1 2006, 07:44 AM
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mmm..... more of a crop-less circle.
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Jan 1 2006, 10:14 AM
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Very well rounded, very well sorted, and I'd be willing to bet that if we could see the grains more closely, they'd also be frosted. It's a classic aeolian sediment. Pretty stuff.
Damn, I have already violated my New Year's resolution. Happy New Year, people. -------------------- ...Tom (thinks he should use more emoticons)
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Jan 1 2006, 10:25 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 1 2006, 01:40 AM) Really hard to get the colours matched up for some reason - just couldnt get it all quite right, but it's spectacular none the less Really Spectacular...beautifull new years present.... -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
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Jan 1 2006, 12:48 PM
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711 is a driving sol
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Jan 1 2006, 01:15 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 1 2006, 12:48 PM) 711 is a driving sol Doug the java applet seems to be not working for the rovers time on mars. It shows me it is sol 355. Anyone have same proplem? hate not knowing the day or time
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Jan 1 2006, 01:17 PM
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If all else fails, just use rawid or http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/merweb/merweb.pl
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Jan 1 2006, 02:35 PM
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QUOTE You mean the round area near the rover? I'm wondering about that too. I think it's simply an area where the wind has blow the black sand away and we're seeing the underlying soil unit, or it's a lag deposit of sorts. Drive tomorrow? It will be good to see the morphology of El Dorado from a distance. On to Home Plate! Any guesses about the wonders we'll see in the way? Spirit will cross the lowest/oldest rocks in the Inner Basin along the way. --Bill -------------------- |
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