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http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1509_1.asp

In December 1999 NASA's Mars Polar Lander (MPL) was supposed to touch down near the red planet's south pole. But shortly after it entered the Martian atmosphere, the spacecraft disappeared without a trace. Only now, 5½ years later, do scientists think they may have finally located the lander's wreckage and confirmed what went wrong with the mission. The full report, by planetary scientist Michael C. Malin (Malin Space Science Systems), appears in the July 2005 issue of Sky & Telescope, now in press.

More from MSSS:

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/05/05/index.html

[djellison]

a long time ago I did an image that tried to show the resolving power of features using 3ds max. I showed different resolutions, different local times, different sized objects

but colour was the biggest help of all in identifying 'stuff'

Doug