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The power of HiRISE
Stu
post Aug 12 2009, 04:02 PM
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Very very very cool pic of Victoria Crater released today... oblique view...

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_013954_1780

Oppy's tracks stand out really clearly on it, too...

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post Aug 12 2009, 06:49 PM
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Nice! And here's the intrepid rover itself.

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post Aug 14 2009, 06:55 AM
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A comparison between the two HiRise images of Victoria Crater.
I've taken the original view and have oriented and distorted it to a similar perspective as the latest version.

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post Sep 2 2009, 11:45 PM
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Colourised crops from image of gullies in Gale Crater, released today...

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post Sep 3 2009, 12:08 AM
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The absence of any impact features at any scale here is just amazing.


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post Sep 3 2009, 01:52 AM
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Wow...well spotted, Stu.

The quantity of space imagery being released these days that I don't have time to look through is both marvelous and depressing sad.gif

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post Sep 3 2009, 02:09 AM
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Remarkable; thanks, Stu!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that an island in the middle of the channel? Hmmm exp hmmmm....


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post Sep 3 2009, 11:45 AM
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Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others.
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post Sep 3 2009, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 2 2009, 07:09 PM) *
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that an island in the middle of the channel? Hmmm exp hmmmm....


I could explain the lack of impact features to myself, since this is a small area presumably on a crater wall. But an island seems really interesting.

QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 3 2009, 04:45 AM) *
Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others.


Is this actually Gale, or is it Hale? I saw a gullies in Hale image posted, didn't see Gale yet.
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post Sep 3 2009, 03:36 PM
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Stu said those a few posts ago were Gale.
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post Sep 3 2009, 04:10 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 3 2009, 03:45 AM) *
Gale still gets my uneducated MSL vote. It's just more spectacular than the others.


I agree. I'm particularly concerned about Ebrswalde which I fear looks enticing on a macro scale but like Gusev it could become a disappointment (the serendipitous Columbia Hills notwithstanding), possibly hard sandstone maybe even overlaid with some kind of cap-rock obstruction. I like Gale but I also think the likely breathtaking scenery at Holden would be something to keep Stu's inkwell stirred.


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post Sep 19 2009, 11:09 AM
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"Baby" gully on a new HiRISE image..?

http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2009/09/1...geous-gullies-2

Just wondering... all input appreciated smile.gif


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post Sep 19 2009, 12:48 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 19 2009, 06:09 AM) *
"Baby" gully on a new HiRISE image..?


I'm certainly no geologist, but I agree with your interpretation of that. Definitely would be nice to get a second image of it later.


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post Sep 19 2009, 05:22 PM
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If it's a "baby" gully, it's been a baby for quite a while. The sand ripples evident in the image seem to have conformed to the dip into the linear depression. If this feature were a new gully that is just beginning to form, you wouldn't expect that there would have been time for such conformal ripples to have formed along the topography.

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Ah, good thinking Doug, thanks. All input appreciated; it was just something that caught my eye. smile.gif


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