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 Oct 5 2008, 01:09 PM
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 Special Cookie  Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228  |
W-O-W!!!
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Oct 5 2008, 06:01 PM
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Well, we've known for a century that the "north polar hood" of clouds and haze forms every Martian spring and fall. But I'll tell you, I'm *really* pumped to see it floating overhead like the leaden lid of an overcast day. That really makes Mars a familiar-looking place, to me.
I just worry a bit about how much energy-delivering sunlight those clouds are blocking. -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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Oct 5 2008, 06:29 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 5 2008, 08:01 PM)  I just worry a bit about how much energy-delivering sunlight those clouds are blocking. Probably not that much, in fact they could mostly be forward-scattering light in essence making the illumination more diffuse only. -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2008, 07:18 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 5 2008, 07:01 PM) I just worry a bit about how much energy-delivering sunlight those clouds are blocking. See this post. |
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Oct 5 2008, 07:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Tman and Stu : Fabulous, thank you
I just added these (with credits) to my upcoming lectures http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=127287 this thread is an excellent idea ken |
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Oct 6 2008, 01:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
It may just be an artifact of the animation, but it sure looks like there's a fallout streak visible under one of those clouds - look at each frame separately. Please someone convince me I am mistaken.
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Oct 6 2008, 07:28 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
One could certainly infer fallout under these clouds. It's what LIDAR is telling us.
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Oct 6 2008, 08:58 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 5 2008, 02:23 PM) Clouds are thickening (Sol 128).. [attachment=15996:128Animation1.gif] really cool animation! It's a pity it's no available in color. I think it should also be possible to obtain a stereo anaglyph of clouds from a couple of this frame. |
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Oct 6 2008, 09:04 AM
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Another cool animation:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&id=15844 I guess it\'s due to the wind? It\'s by ElkGroveDan (Post: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...t&p=126143) How can I attach to this message same attachment of another message without saving it to my hard disk?  EDIT: More clouds: http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/ww...clouds-m-02.gif (LINK) Melting ice: http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/dodo_020_024.gif (LINK:http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/events/nasa_phoenix_landing/) In this thread there are a lot of good animations! http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...5420&st=315 I'll ask them to post them here. http://phoenixpics.files.wordpress.com/200...l101sunrise.gif Telltale: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&id=15600 Tega filling and solar panels "flapping"!!! http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&id=15624 |
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Oct 10 2008, 07:16 AM
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Ever seen stars on Mars?
Look at them... through the clouds! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/phoenix/col...on_16/16006.gif |
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| Guest_jumpjack_* |
Oct 10 2008, 09:34 AM
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I collected all animations found in this thread, and many others, into a single, HEAVY
 web page:http://www.planetmobile.it/jumpjack/immagi...ni-phoenix.html (link is also in first post) |
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Oct 10 2008, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE (jumpjack @ Oct 10 2008, 08:16 AM) Ever seen stars on Mars? Look at them... through the clouds! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/phoenix/col...on_16/16006.gif Those are hot pixels in the detector. The sky is too bright at all times for SSI to see stars. But, stars have been seen from Mars' surface, as has Earth. Some examples are at http://pancam.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_ins...projects_2.html. |
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Oct 10 2008, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE (Deimos @ Oct 10 2008, 05:08 PM) Those are hot pixels in the detector. The sky is too bright at all times for SSI to see stars. But, stars have been seen from Mars' surface, as has Earth. Some examples are at http://pancam.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_ins...projects_2.html. why only in those images those pixels are visible?!? |
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Oct 10 2008, 04:04 PM
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There are actually hot pixels visible in lots of images, but when there is more details to them, they get lost within the detail.
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Oct 19 2008, 01:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Sol141 clouds with dust devils. I've contrast stretched the sky and ground separately to bring out the details.
The DDs are quite tall contrasted against the clouds. 
Sol141_Clouds_DDs.wmv ( 366.5K )
Number of downloads: 742 |
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