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Mars' Victoria Crater Seen from New Angle
livescience ^
| 13 August 2009
Posted on 08/20/2009 1:32:05 PM PDT by JoeProBono
An image of the Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The image was captured at more of a sideways angle than earlier images of this crater. This view is similar to what would be observed by looking out the window of an airplane flying over Mars. The camera pointing was 22 degrees east of straight down (east is at the top of the image).
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; mars; nasa; science; space; victoriacrater
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To: JoeProBono
Absolutely fascinating...
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08/20/2009 5:58:06 PM PDT
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Judith Anne
(Drill here! Drill NOW! Defund the EPA!)
To: Daffynition
You could sell that picture to like a scientist or something and get rich!
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08/20/2009 6:31:39 PM PDT
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Eaker
(The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
To: Eaker
LOL ...thanks ...but I'm already rich...in the things that really matter. ;-D
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08/20/2009 6:39:17 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: JoeProBono
When Richard Hoagland sees that pattern of ripples on the inside, he’s going to go pure ape sh*t!
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08/20/2009 7:04:56 PM PDT
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The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: Fred Nerks
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08/20/2009 8:02:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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