Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
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Distant vistas, Endeavour, Iazu, and beyond |
 Jan 2 2011, 11:37 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Come on Dan, we all know that Cape York is just a fairy tale, a myth... a make-believe place, like Narnia or Neverland...
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Jan 2 2011, 11:44 PM
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A painting on my wall spilled sand and hematite berries out of it this afternoon and then swallowed me up.
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Jan 2 2011, 11:51 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jan 3 2011, 12:57 AM
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QUOTE (Bill @ Jan 2 2011, 10:42 PM)  Any idea of what we are seeing on the horizon ? I'd say a crater far away (several km) on the plains to the SSE. |
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Jan 7 2011, 09:56 PM
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I didn't have such a feeling to be this close.
I believe this is because we're going up to the crater ring!? : http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...OXP2365R2M3.JPG -------------------- |
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Jan 9 2011, 06:48 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Jan 7 2011, 04:56 PM) I didn't have such a feeling to be this close. My theory is that this is due to the chunks of ejecta visible in the mid-ground. The eye does not see and the mind may forget the large, flat expanse that lies beyond the last visible rock. At first glance, it looks like a short distance from Opportunity and the farthest piece of ejecta and an equally short distance from the last piece of ejecta to the rim of Endeavour.
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Jan 19 2011, 10:30 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Not claiming this is particularly accurate or anything (although the Sun position is as close as I can get it with Starry Night) but here's a (future martian!) artist's impression of sunrise over Endeavour this morning on Mars...
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Jan 19 2011, 01:27 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 19 2011, 11:30 AM) Not claiming this is particularly accurate or anything (although the Sun position is as close as I can get it with Starry Night) but here's a (future martian!) artist's impression of sunrise over Endeavour this morning on Mars... Stu : how beautiful ! I could not resist : from your work of art, here is "Impression Soleil Levant sur l'Entreprise" ("Endeavour" in French) as an Impressionist painting. Enjoy ! 
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Jan 19 2011, 02:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Thank you dear Monet! I didn't see this version in Grand Palais...
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Jan 19 2011, 06:57 PM
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Even though Vikingmars beat me to the punch, I could't resist!
If Pierre-Auguste Renoir were able to visit mars, maybe this would have been the result:
or if just some 'artsy-fartsy'  astronaut with some modified water colors:
-- Pertinax |
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Jan 19 2011, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
QUOTE (climber @ Jan 19 2011, 10:04 AM) Thank you dear Monet! I didn't see this version in Grand Palais... The colors appear in some of the smoggy-houses of parliament series, no? |
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Jan 19 2011, 09:09 PM
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Stu - I like your version best. Red-brown foreground and steely blue-grey sky is exactly how I picture it: the colours of a terrestrial sunrise turned on their head.
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Jan 20 2011, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1084 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
QUOTE (Pertinax @ Jan 19 2011, 07:57 PM) Even though Vikingmars beat me to the punch, I could't resist! If Pierre-Auguste Renoir were able to visit mars, maybe this would have been the result or if just some 'artsy-fartsy' astronaut with some modified water colors -- Pertinax Wow Pertinax ! I just love your watercolor interpretation... Let's build together a Mars "Impressionist" exhibit at Musée Marmottan (where Monet is exhibited)
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Jan 20 2011, 12:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 910 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Wow!!! Stu or AstroO--we need a poster with 4 (or more) panels of sunrises. The last painting of Pertinax looks like a Mark Rothko.
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Jan 23 2011, 01:21 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
You know, if we all set off walking now we could be there in a few hours...
... and a looooong panorama of the rim of Endeavour... http://twitpic.com/3sip5r/full -------------------- |
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