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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 19 2006, 06:00 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
It doesn't look like there's much margin for error at the edges from here. Definitely mountain goat type stuff, but I'm sure the drivers are up to it!
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Sep 19 2006, 06:01 PM
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So let me get this straight, the far rim is 750 meters or more away ?
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Sep 19 2006, 06:02 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You have that right.
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Sep 19 2006, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1599 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 19 2006, 01:04 PM)  It really shows how the far rim is much lower than the near rim, because Victoria formed on the slope of a broader depression. You have me imagining an amazing view from the far side. |
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Sep 19 2006, 06:07 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Sep 19 2006, 08:45 AM) What is that object to the left of the crater rim? That's Rodolfo and his family in their off-road truck. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 19 2006, 06:21 PM
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This reminds me of Sarlacc! (Star Wars monster-mouth in the desert...)
 
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Sep 19 2006, 06:23 PM
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Pancams... I need pancams...
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Sep 19 2006, 06:27 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2924 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Earlier today Sunspot wrote :
"There won't be another picture update at the exploratorium/pancam site until the 21st of September." . I like your previsions .... 
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Sep 19 2006, 06:47 PM
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 The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
Damnit, I missed the party by about 2 hours....
  How many treads do we get going here now????? 
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Sep 19 2006, 06:48 PM
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 Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
The party has only just begun, don't worry
 Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
http://500px.com/sacred-photons & |
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Sep 19 2006, 06:59 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
All I can say is "Holy Zarqon's Singing Fish!" (I hope Oppy won't be relying on foul-smelling birds to save her from plummeting to the ground
)QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 19 2006, 06:04 PM) Stretched pan: [attachment=7515:attachment] It really shows how the far rim is much lower than the near rim, because Victoria formed on the slope of a broader depression. Superb work as always Phil. Your stretched pan also clearly shows that we're *not* seeing the full diameter; the left and right sides are obscured by the rising headlands. That image (the drive direction?) is pointed straight at the middle of the nearest boat ramp. I'm not surprised by the apparent steepness - the orbital imagery makes it pretty clear that there are near-vertical cliffs around every headland. The $200m question is over the steepness of the ramps / gullies (and the type of surface.) Actually that seems to be the first and only time I've been anything other than 1000% wrong about Oppy's future. Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day, etc etc )
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Sep 19 2006, 07:10 PM
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And a polar version... derived from Nix's pan.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Sep 19 2006, 07:18 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 19 2006, 04:04 PM) I'm going to change the subject title...because, we're not quite there yet Doug Good! I was in a rush to go out for a science meeting and got a bit ahead of myself, sorry! Now I'm back with THREE PAGES of postings to catch up on!!
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Sep 19 2006, 07:38 PM
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XYL Code Genius Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 23-November 05 Member No.: 566 |
The size of the rock on the left seems to be approximately 2 m.
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Sep 19 2006, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE (Nix @ Sep 19 2006, 06:48 PM) The party has only just begun, don't worry Oh yes, I would say the party hasn't even started yet, and the guests are only beginning to show up at the door. Nice projection, Nico, I'm not sure exactly what you did there but it's cool. Imipak, I wonder if I'm the only other person here who gets the reference to the Bird People of Brontitol. :-) Here is a 90 degree perspective projection facing east. I'm waiting for the other two Navcam image pairs to show up in the tracking data, but the very good news is that the tracking data is updating. 
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