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[morganism]

Kames as glacial geo builders are an excellent way to build up structures in a non-moving glacier. They are known for trapping liquids below deck, and for damming up side stream sediments.

We only think of glacial features created by moving ice, but if the entire body is covered, as in an ice ball model, it would be one of the only geo active models to work with. That, and the mud volcano theories of Gold. I am thinking almost all the hydro features we are seeing are actually from liquid methanol from old methane hydrates deposits. Not sure what kind of minerological deposits this would create, as the undersea ones here do hydrocarbon traps, and noble gases, and water purification of all things.

If methanol was the carrier, instead of water, i wonder what depositions from solution it would deposit, and if it has a preferential surficial cracking pattern like the three section mud dessication map. testable? load up some methonol and let it dry in the freezer on some different substrates? see if it dries at right angles?

Am thinking of all the erratics we find on all the surfaces, and the wild cross bedding and tall layered hills and hoodoos we are seeing at Mt. Sharp.
There are very few thing that can build up a layered peak in the center of a crater, but a mud volcano that punches up, then has the flows infall in a kame pit might build up just the structures we are seeing.

With such a low atmospheric density, nearly all meteorites should be leaving some cratering, but we dont see any small , or even many mid sized craters near these impactors.



this post is prob gonna be pulled too.....

[Tesheiner]

There's nothing special with this image itself. Just one of a set of navcam shots taken as part of the "end-of-drive" sequences.



But I just would like to remark that it was available for everyone on the net less than three hours after it was taken on mars.

Image info for: 1N403749549EFFBWGXP1657L0M1
Spacecraft: OPPORTUNITY
Camera: NAVCAM, left
Spacecraft clock: 403749549 (seconds since January 1, 2000, 11:58:55.816 UTC)
Product type: EDR full frame
Site number: BW
Drive number: GX
Command sequence number: P1657 (PMA or remote sensing instrument) NAVCAM
Producer: MIPL/JPL
Acquisition time (Earth): Wed Oct 17 14:27:02 2012
Time zone: Hora estßndar romance
Acquisition time (Mars): Sol 3104 13:35:33
Current local time (Earth): Wed Oct 17 17:19:14 2012
Current local time (Mars): Sol 3104 16:19:39
Elapsed time since acquisition: 0 days, 02:48:36

On another topic, tosol (3104) and yestersol were driving days. Map update soon.

[Ant103]

Sols 3103 & 3104 Navcam pans

[BrianL]

Another drive or two this way and we will need a new thread.

[Phil Stooke]

The last three pans - thanks Ant103! - in circular form. If you save them the file names identify the sol.

Phil

3098:


3103:


3104:

[walfy]

Very nice new pics down. Fantastic formation from Sol 3103:



From 3101:

[walfy]

Just one more for now, too nice not to share!

[ronald]

Really nice stuff!
I did a try on a partial sol 3105 sort of anaglyph:



All angles might be really off though

[Stu]

Very interesting place...

[mhoward]

Pretty cool stuff. I think may favorite is just to the west on Sol 3105, top and about 1/3 from the left in this anaglyph, top in the stereo pair.

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[Explorer1]

I recently got red/blue glasses, so I really have to agree: this place is marvelous...

[PDP8E]

here is an interesting image ( SOL 3101 ) of a L257 set

[Ondaweb]

It certainly is. That may help the scientist but it complicates the picture for me.

[mhoward]

Looks very different from the side on sol 3107, but I like it. This view is facing west. Edit: the view looks very different because the drive was longer than I thought and we're in a completely different place than I originally thought. "Never mind"

Since Opportunity is nearly at the top, I wonder how long it will be before we see her tracks from 350 sols ago. Possibly not long.

[ronald]

Also sol 3107: