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Final Approach, First good views of Victoria |
 Sep 19 2006, 04:03 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Well, what does everyone think of our long-awaited first view..?
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Sep 28 2006, 02:35 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE (MahFL @ Sep 28 2006, 03:20 PM)  I'd say about 80 to 100 feet high. Interesting. Way back when we were discussing this before we got onto the approach I had used the shadows on the MOC imagery to estimate that these cliffs shouldn't be more than 12m tall. Can anyone provide a definitive answer are we dealing with 8-12m or 27-33m?. |
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Sep 28 2006, 02:43 PM
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The crater is quoted as being 230 feet deep ? Those cliffs look about just less than half the depth, 100 feet, 33m, by my rough guestimating..............
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Sep 28 2006, 02:53 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE (MahFL @ Sep 28 2006, 03:43 PM) The crater is quoted as being 230 feet deep ? Those cliffs look about just less than half the depth, 100 feet, 33m, by my rough guestimating.............. I think if you look around the crater you will see that the cliffs do't extend down 50% of the way into the crater, certainly the far bluffs look closer to 12m than 30m. Time to load up Agorimancer's parallax calculator. |
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Sep 28 2006, 03:07 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
QUOTE (helvick @ Sep 28 2006, 02:53 PM) I think if you look around the crater you will see that the cliffs do't extend down 50% of the way into the crater, certainly the far bluffs look closer to 12m than 30m. Time to load up Agorimancer's parallax calculator. The near cliffs are higher, 30.5 m 
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Sep 28 2006, 03:10 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Can someone explain why Victoria is so fluted ?
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Sep 28 2006, 03:20 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (MahFL @ Sep 28 2006, 07:10 AM) Can someone explain why Victoria is so fluted ? A very superficial explanation would be erosion along fractures. What began as cracks in the ancient crater grew and grew as wind, sand sliding down those cracks, occasional mass wasting, and lots and lots of time, allowed them to grow(backward) into capes and bays. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Stu Final Approach Sep 19 2006, 04:03 PM
Castor Hey Climber,
Would you like to have a go at this?... Sep 28 2006, 02:45 PM
SFJCody QUOTE (Castor @ Sep 28 2006, 03:45 PM) An... Sep 28 2006, 03:05 PM Tesheiner Mosaics, mosaics!
Nobody will post one for... Sep 28 2006, 02:47 PM djellison Moving the topic onto Duck Bay....
http://www.unm... Sep 28 2006, 03:16 PM |
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