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 Oct 11 2005, 09:28 PM
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I've always been fascinated by the dark dune fields of Mars, resembling
in color the sands of, for example, the "black beaches" of Hawai (inidcating the volcanic/basaltic origin ...) Here is a colorized view of The dark Dunes of Erebus, as seen by Opporty on Sol 608 (click on image for full resolution (900 KB)) 
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Oct 22 2005, 01:34 PM
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To add to my post of 18 Oct, here is a color image of the "rubble-pile of darker rock that is different" with a vertical exaggeration of 5x. It was taken on or about Sol 617-618.
A closer look at the rubble pile left me underwhelmed, and Oppy is back to dune-surfing. D: --Bill -------------------- |
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Mar 8 2006, 09:42 PM
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-------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Nirgal The Dark Dunes Of Erebus Oct 11 2005, 09:28 PM
ddeerrff Oil sands Oct 11 2005, 09:50 PM
avkillick lol - if we did discover oil on Mars - expect a 10... Oct 11 2005, 10:52 PM Bill Harris Wonderful image, Nirgal.
I'm looking forwar... Oct 12 2005, 01:17 AM Joffan QUOTE (avkillick @ Oct 11 2005, 04:52 PM)lol ... Oct 12 2005, 05:15 AM CosmicRocker These dunes/drifts/ripples really are beautiful, a... Oct 12 2005, 05:25 AM Tesheiner QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 12 2005, 07:25 AM)T... Oct 12 2005, 10:05 AM Bill Harris I've seen no remnants of an ejecta blanket, ei... Oct 12 2005, 06:51 AM Bill Harris We'll see better when we get closer, but I do ... Oct 12 2005, 02:46 PM Tesheiner I think you are right.
I checked it again, both le... Oct 13 2005, 12:50 PM Tesheiner That white patch can be clearly seen on sol 616 im... Oct 18 2005, 08:16 AM atomoid QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Oct 18 2005, 08:16 AM)That... Oct 18 2005, 09:28 PM Bill Harris Yes, this entire area we are approaching is intere... Oct 18 2005, 12:55 PM |
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