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Cape St Mary, aka the beacon

fredk View Member Profile	Oct 5 2006, 05:50 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4271 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152	Hail great Beacon! Cue music from film "Vertigo"! Oppy - that's close enough!!

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Phil Stooke

Oct 5 2006, 07:51 PM

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Special processing of the shadowed cliff under the beacon... no sign of that finely-layered band. I haven't seen it anywhere else either, in the more distant views we have of the other capes.

Phil

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fredk Cape St Mary Oct 5 2006, 05:50 PM

kungpostyle Here is a look inside the shadow on the the face... Oct 5 2006, 06:00 PM

Stu Wow... Oct 5 2006, 06:12 PM

RedSky QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 5 2006, 02:12 PM) Wow.... Oct 5 2006, 06:54 PM

Stu Where IS everyone??? I thought there'd be imag... Oct 5 2006, 06:42 PM

Tesheiner I was saying that the view from the Beacon Cape wo... Oct 5 2006, 07:50 PM

Phil Stooke Special processing of the shadowed cliff under the... Oct 5 2006, 07:51 PM

Stu QUOTE (diane @ Oct 5 2006, 07:55 PM) (my ... Oct 5 2006, 08:00 PM

jamescanvin CODE967 p2594.16 1 1 0 0 1 3 pancam_cape... Oct 12 2006, 06:00 AM

ustrax I know I'm pleased... 10th of January, 1520,... Oct 12 2006, 08:38 AM

tty QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 12 2006, 10:38 AM) An... Oct 12 2006, 09:42 AM

climber QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 12 2006, 10:38 AM) I ... Oct 12 2006, 11:30 AM

kungpostyle Cape St. Mary Rocks? http://nasa.exploratorium.ed... Oct 13 2006, 11:47 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Oct 14 2006, 12:47 A... Oct 13 2006, 11:55 PM

dilo QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 13 2006, 11:55 PM) W... Oct 14 2006, 12:07 AM

dilo Is worth to make a enhanced/sharpened version: Cl... Oct 14 2006, 12:20 AM

dilo The two frames were taken 1.5 hours apart, so in t... Oct 14 2006, 12:33 AM

MarkL QUOTE (dilo @ Oct 14 2006, 12:20 AM) Is w... Oct 16 2006, 01:54 AM

mhoward Context: Oct 14 2006, 01:22 AM

ronatu Astonishing! http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/g... Oct 14 2006, 05:25 PM

aldo12xu Holy crap! From sol 967: Have they alread... Oct 14 2006, 06:23 PM

fredk QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Oct 14 2006, 06:23 PM) ... Oct 14 2006, 08:08 PM

kanalje QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Oct 14 2006, 07:23 PM) ... Oct 15 2006, 09:01 AM

djellison QUOTE (kanalje @ Oct 15 2006, 10:01 AM) B... Oct 15 2006, 09:21 AM

kungpostyle New pan cams are down, many shots of the Cape St. ... Oct 15 2006, 01:18 AM

kungpostyle My try at martian color Oct 15 2006, 01:28 AM

dilo QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Oct 15 2006, 01:28 A... Oct 15 2006, 06:30 AM

alan The large rock on the lower left has some interest... Oct 15 2006, 01:42 AM

aldo12xu Thanks, Fred! Man, oh, man, I turn my head aw... Oct 15 2006, 02:05 AM

RNeuhaus I don't believe that Oppy has already descende... Oct 15 2006, 03:25 AM

mhoward Here's your image at home, Dilo... Oct 15 2006, 03:46 PM

dilo QUOTE (mhoward @ Oct 15 2006, 03:46 PM) H... Oct 15 2006, 07:37 PM

alan Since posts about Cape St. Mary were getting scatt... Oct 15 2006, 04:43 PM

kungpostyle New pancams, nothing more on Cape St. Mary yet. It... Oct 16 2006, 01:34 AM

Aldebaran QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Oct 16 2006, 01:34 A... Oct 16 2006, 01:44 AM

jamescanvin Looks like we're back to work guys. Take a... Nov 1 2006, 02:44 AM

Gray Yahoo!! Nov 1 2006, 02:56 AM

dilo Look also to this sharpened and contrast enhanced ... Nov 1 2006, 07:53 AM

WindyT Thanks, Dilo! There's something in that s... Nov 1 2006, 05:40 PM

Nirgal good to see Oppy back at work again here is a ... Nov 1 2006, 06:02 PM

fredk A beautiful jumbled mess on the cliffs of St Mary ... Nov 1 2006, 04:19 PM

nprev Hmm...lots of scattered rocks (ejecta?) out beyond... Nov 1 2006, 06:31 PM

Bobby Maybe the Near Rimmers Maskot can help Oppy get in... Nov 1 2006, 06:53 PM

dilo In the following stitch I used the great Nirgal co... Nov 1 2006, 08:27 PM

MarkL QUOTE (dilo @ Nov 1 2006, 08:27 PM) In th... Nov 2 2006, 06:38 PM

Gray WindyT. You've identified an interesting featu... Nov 2 2006, 02:34 PM

Ant103 Hi After a one week internet black out, I... Nov 2 2006, 04:48 PM

kenny Truly wonderful pictures. The smooth slopes of pla... Nov 3 2006, 08:52 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE How did the slope get to be so uniformly smo... Nov 3 2006, 09:58 AM

akuo For those who haven't noticed yet, there is a ... Nov 3 2006, 12:33 PM

Tesheiner An extract from the same status report: Once we d... Nov 3 2006, 01:22 PM

fredk QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 3 2006, 01:22 PM) ... Nov 3 2006, 07:22 PM

jamescanvin QUOTE ...clockwise around the crater. We haven... Nov 4 2006, 12:30 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 3 2006, 07:30 PM... Nov 4 2006, 06:02 PM

Indian3000 my version of Cape St Mary Nov 3 2006, 02:58 PM

MarkL Perhaps those sculpted cliffs in the northeast ri... Nov 3 2006, 08:29 PM

kenny Isn't the question mark ( ? ) on MarkL's p... Nov 3 2006, 10:13 PM

MarkL QUOTE (kenny @ Nov 3 2006, 10:13 PM) Isn... Nov 7 2006, 07:16 PM

fredk The "big boulders" you're talking ab... Nov 3 2006, 11:35 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 3 2006, 01:22 PM) ... ... Nov 4 2006, 08:29 AM

kenny You're right, FredK, the "boulder" I... Nov 4 2006, 09:33 AM

Bill Harris Tom, throw a rock in any direction here and you... Nov 4 2006, 11:35 AM

tty QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 4 2006, 12:35 PM... Nov 4 2006, 05:33 PM

kenny QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 4 2006, 11:35 AM... Nov 6 2006, 08:56 AM

fredk Fabulous new images coming down. Here's a ver... Nov 4 2006, 05:55 PM

dilo QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 4 2006, 06:55 PM) Fabu... Nov 4 2006, 06:26 PM

jamescanvin QUOTE (dilo @ Nov 5 2006, 04:26 AM) Comon... Nov 5 2006, 06:27 AM

dilo great work, James! (and yes, pan is a bit of a... Nov 5 2006, 10:08 AM

mhoward Heh heh... well I can't really compete, and I ... Nov 5 2006, 06:52 PM

Gray fredk Thanks for posting that image. It shows jus... Nov 4 2006, 06:11 PM

fredk Also a beautiful rolling boulder trail in the new ... Nov 4 2006, 06:13 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (Gray @ Nov 4 2006, 12:11 PM) ... ... Nov 4 2006, 09:09 PM

mhoward QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Nov 4 2006, 09:09 P... Nov 4 2006, 09:22 PM

sdavies [quote name='Bill Harris' date='Nov 4 ... Nov 4 2006, 09:25 PM

fredk Actually the rolling boulder trail can be seen in ... Nov 4 2006, 10:08 PM

sranderson QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 4 2006, 03:08 PM) Actu... Nov 5 2006, 12:40 AM

leustek QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 4 2006, 06:08 PM) Actu... Nov 5 2006, 07:20 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (leustek @ Nov 5 2006, 11:20 AM) bu... Nov 5 2006, 08:01 PM

fredk Interesting features on St Mary cliff: they appear... Nov 4 2006, 11:06 PM

BrianL QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 4 2006, 06:06 PM) Inte... Nov 5 2006, 04:22 PM

Bill Harris Thanks, Fred, et al-- those are indeed wondrous im... Nov 5 2006, 02:31 AM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (mhoward @ Nov 4 2006, 03:22 PM) Th... Nov 5 2006, 05:33 AM

MarkL The open question is why are we observing selectiv... Nov 6 2006, 02:38 PM

Bill Harris Here is an interesting L257 Pancam from to-Sol... Nov 8 2006, 04:54 AM

helvick So what sort of Geological feature is that contact... Nov 8 2006, 06:51 AM

jamescanvin It's part of Duck Bay. Edit: Just left of cen... Nov 8 2006, 05:26 AM

CosmicRocker Bill: I saw them. They are really surprising in ... Nov 8 2006, 05:36 AM

kenny The gray material is extraordinary. Looks like a s... Nov 8 2006, 08:20 AM

helvick QUOTE (kenny @ Nov 8 2006, 08:20 AM) The ... Nov 8 2006, 08:49 AM

Bill Harris Ah, I hadn't thought of looking as far back as... Nov 8 2006, 11:02 AM

Floyd Opportunity has moved. Pancams and navcams are in... Nov 9 2006, 12:44 AM

Shaka Beacon as "Edge of Evaporite Slab on Near Rim... Nov 9 2006, 01:43 AM

dilo QUOTE (Shaka @ Nov 9 2006, 02:43 AM) Beac... Nov 9 2006, 07:21 AM

MarkL They're heading for the tip of the cape by the... Nov 9 2006, 02:25 AM

fredk Beautiful! Our first really good look at the ... Nov 9 2006, 03:08 AM

MarkL QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 9 2006, 03:08 AM) Beau... Nov 9 2006, 06:14 PM

Shaka If Beacon is the last fragment of an evaporite lay... Nov 9 2006, 05:50 AM

Burmese an interview with Steve Squyres by the BBC http:/... Nov 9 2006, 05:38 PM

fredk Yeah, I meant 70 metres above the lowest part of t... Nov 9 2006, 11:07 PM

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