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"An incredible surprise", Promised to be revealed at tomorrow's MER press conference
Jyril
post Oct 5 2006, 10:09 AM
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The presenter of yesterday's NASA Science Update press conference promised "stunning images and 'an incredible surprise', for the MER press conference promotion."

Any ideas?


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ElkGroveDan
post Oct 6 2006, 03:49 PM
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My first impressions before heading out to work:

I am going to side with the very old and exhumed school on Victoria. It just seems so clear in this sharp colored image. Don't know why, but now I see a very old hole in the ground, not a fresh crater.

Notice the dunes come right up to the rim on the far side. Makes me wonder if there-be some cleaning events just waiting for us. I envision a prevailing northerly breeze that comes up that slope and deposits her lode, causing the air currents to rise, leaving the near rim untouched.


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post Oct 6 2006, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 6 2006, 10:49 AM) *
Notice the dunes come right up to the rim on the far side.

Actually, the upper surfaces of the capes on the far rim, while they have some duning or rippling on them, seem to have been mostly *cleaned* of the dark upper material. The only part of the upper soils left on them seems to be the ripples.

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- Jyril   "An incredible surprise"   Oct 5 2006, 10:09 AM
- - djellison   We don't have the first big MER pan of Victori...   Oct 5 2006, 10:43 AM
|- - DEChengst   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 5 2006, 12:43 PM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 10:47 AM
- - jamescanvin   Let me make sure I've got this right, this is ...   Oct 5 2006, 10:55 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 5 2006, 02:55 AM...   Oct 5 2006, 06:23 PM
- - edstrick   .... "stunning images and 'an incredible ...   Oct 5 2006, 11:03 AM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (edstrick @ Oct 5 2006, 11:03 AM) ....   Oct 5 2006, 11:51 AM
- - ngunn   A HiRISE surprise at an MER press conference? A bi...   Oct 5 2006, 11:32 AM
- - djellison   No - unfrotunately the press room here at the conf...   Oct 5 2006, 11:33 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 5 2006, 01:33 PM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 12:54 PM
||- - ugordan   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Oct 5 2006, 01:54 PM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 01:32 PM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 5 2006, 11:33 AM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 02:49 PM
|- - JTN   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 5 2006, 12:33 PM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 10:23 PM
- - Jyril   Hard to believe anything else... unless Opportunit...   Oct 5 2006, 12:04 PM
- - tasp   I am betting Opprotunity found a mud puddle and a...   Oct 5 2006, 12:31 PM
- - remcook   ..but where/what is the surprise bit?   Oct 5 2006, 01:34 PM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (remcook @ Oct 5 2006, 07:34 AM) .....   Oct 5 2006, 01:43 PM
||- - ugordan   Beagle might be a good start because there already...   Oct 5 2006, 01:46 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Oct 5 2006, 09:43 AM) ...   Oct 5 2006, 02:31 PM
|- - odave   QUOTE (remcook @ Oct 5 2006, 09:34 AM) .....   Oct 5 2006, 02:08 PM
- - ngunn   LATERAL THINKING FRENZY - - - Amazing inference fr...   Oct 5 2006, 02:10 PM
- - CosmicRocker   This truly will be an incredible surprise. I have...   Oct 5 2006, 02:13 PM
- - general   Here: http://planetary.org/blog/   Oct 5 2006, 02:54 PM
- - jabe   never knew... out of the loop.. time to go for a r...   Oct 5 2006, 03:05 PM
- - remcook   better be quick, he's only there for this week...   Oct 5 2006, 03:16 PM
- - diane   As for surprises.... Every time I look at a color...   Oct 5 2006, 03:27 PM
- - lyford   The Return Of Mr. Bunny! (Of course, since I...   Oct 5 2006, 03:42 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (lyford @ Oct 5 2006, 04:42 PM) The...   Oct 5 2006, 03:46 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (lyford @ Oct 5 2006, 04:42 PM) The...   Oct 5 2006, 04:05 PM
- - craigmcg   Any news?   Oct 5 2006, 03:50 PM
- - MarkL   My vote's for an image of Opportunity on the e...   Oct 5 2006, 06:48 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 5 2006, 07:48 PM) My v...   Oct 5 2006, 07:18 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   If I had to guess, I will say in a very general se...   Oct 5 2006, 07:43 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 5 2006, 08:43 PM...   Oct 5 2006, 07:45 PM
|- - AndyG   Look at the words "incredible" and ...   Oct 6 2006, 11:28 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (AndyG @ Oct 6 2006, 04:28 AM) ...I...   Oct 6 2006, 02:45 PM
- - remcook   Maybe HiRISE shows that the lander mysteriously di...   Oct 5 2006, 07:23 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (remcook @ Oct 5 2006, 12:23 PM) Ma...   Oct 5 2006, 08:07 PM
- - babakm   MER related and incredibly surprising? Hmmm... ho...   Oct 5 2006, 08:13 PM
- - Jyril   Don't get too excited! I for instance ...   Oct 5 2006, 09:17 PM
- - Jyril   Two Mars news conferences within 4 days + one NASA...   Oct 5 2006, 10:27 PM
|- - SFJCody   Will this conference be archived? I can't watc...   Oct 5 2006, 10:38 PM
|- - JTN   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Oct 5 2006, 11:38 PM) Wi...   Oct 6 2006, 04:30 PM
- - Jyril   There seems to be no replays of the news conferenc...   Oct 5 2006, 11:18 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Whether they archive it or not seems to be mostly ...   Oct 6 2006, 06:25 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 6 2006, 07:25 A...   Oct 6 2006, 11:54 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 6 2006, 07:54 AM) ...w...   Oct 6 2006, 02:23 PM
- - Rakhir   It is maybe related to Spirit movement related by ...   Oct 6 2006, 09:06 AM
- - jamescanvin   I've examined the recent images and I can...   Oct 6 2006, 10:22 AM
- - edstrick   Oppy found Jimmy Hoffa.   Oct 6 2006, 11:25 AM
- - djellison   We put it up on bricks, it shouldn't have burn...   Oct 6 2006, 11:29 AM
- - Floyd   The wall of Beacon we are looking at faces almost ...   Oct 6 2006, 02:03 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (Floyd @ Oct 6 2006, 03:03 PM) The ...   Oct 6 2006, 02:35 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 6 2006, 10:35 AM) In...   Oct 6 2006, 02:41 PM
- - stewjack   I calculate about 10 minutes until the beginnig of...   Oct 6 2006, 02:47 PM
- - Harder   I have NASA TV on the screen, 11 minutes to go by ...   Oct 6 2006, 02:49 PM
- - Tesheiner   News briefing has started!   Oct 6 2006, 03:01 PM
|- - David   Yay, they got an image of Opportunity. Or at leas...   Oct 6 2006, 03:10 PM
- - Tesheiner   They are now showing a zoom of an image taken by H...   Oct 6 2006, 03:09 PM
|- - Toma B   AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! SUPER   Oct 6 2006, 03:10 PM
- - jabe   VERY cool picutres   Oct 6 2006, 03:10 PM
- - DEChengst   YES!! http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/images...   Oct 6 2006, 03:10 PM
- - MarkL   Tesh has a new image for his position updates!   Oct 6 2006, 03:11 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 6 2006, 05:11 PM) Tesh...   Oct 6 2006, 03:18 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Oct 6 2006, 08:18 AM) ...   Oct 6 2006, 03:30 PM
- - Tesheiner   And I was planning to do some honeydo this weekend...   Oct 6 2006, 03:12 PM
- - maycm   ....and there she is!!!!!...   Oct 6 2006, 03:15 PM
- - prometheus   Oppy   Oct 6 2006, 03:19 PM
- - David   They're putting little rovers all over Victori...   Oct 6 2006, 03:21 PM
- - Ant103   And me for Terragen texture... So... YEEEPEEEEEE...   Oct 6 2006, 03:23 PM
|- - David   I just noticed in the HiRISE image, looking back o...   Oct 6 2006, 03:32 PM
- - prometheus   Incredible resolution on the camera shadow:   Oct 6 2006, 03:33 PM
- - volcanopele   Anyone know of any images from Opportunity taken a...   Oct 6 2006, 03:38 PM
- - David   "We work really hard to get the images out th...   Oct 6 2006, 03:43 PM
|- - paxdan   It is strange how different it seems seeing Oppy f...   Oct 6 2006, 04:03 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   My first impressions before heading out to work: ...   Oct 6 2006, 03:49 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 6 2006, 04:49 PM...   Oct 6 2006, 03:59 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 6 2006, 10:49 AM...   Oct 6 2006, 04:04 PM
- - Harder   What is the added value of Oppy doing a partial ci...   Oct 6 2006, 03:58 PM
- - Nix   OMG...I didn't expect color.. Amazing resoluti...   Oct 6 2006, 04:05 PM
- - dvandorn   Hmmm... the stated pixel resolution in these image...   Oct 6 2006, 04:06 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 6 2006, 05:06 PM) H...   Oct 6 2006, 04:15 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 6 2006, 09:06 AM) H...   Oct 6 2006, 04:16 PM
- - djellison   the mast is ABOUT... 15cm across. It's quite f...   Oct 6 2006, 04:16 PM
|- - MahFL   When one sees Oppy resolved as a black point on a ...   Oct 6 2006, 04:33 PM
- - Adam   OMG! Fantastic resolution!   Oct 6 2006, 04:57 PM
- - djellison   Discussion continued here - http://www.unmanneds...   Oct 6 2006, 05:01 PM

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