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Penny For Your Martian Thoughts: This Is How A Coin Looks After 14 Months On The Red Planet
universetoday.com ^
| October 9, 2013
| Elizabeth Howell on
Posted on 10/09/2013 7:09:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A high-power camera on the Mars Curiosity rover snapped a picture of a 1909 American penny featuring Abraham Lincoln. The coin is used as a calibration target for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) that is at the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm. In just over an Earth year on the Red Planet, you can see the bright copper is muted by lots of Mars dust.
Although the image has public relations appeal, there are scientific reasons behind picking that particular calibration target. It is supposed to measure how well the camera is performing, which is important as it zooms in on interesting features on Mars.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: ingodwetrust; lincoln; mars; marsrover
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:09:52 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
No wonder the Mars mission cost so much
To: SunkenCiv; BenLurkin
APOD bonus ping.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:16:18 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
Dust generated by all those martian SUV’s driving by. Might as well warm up the red planet too.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:18:34 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: BenLurkin
Reminds me of a story that is sort of in the same vein.
Back a few months ago scientists said that if you visited the sites of the Apollo moon landings, the American flags would be unrecognizable having turned a solid yellowed-white as the unfiltered ultraviolet light from the sun would have quickly destroyed all the color pigments in the fabric.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:19:47 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: apillar
I’m glad that we are reminding ourselves - even on Mars - that it is God in whom we should still trust.
To: Heartlander2
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:24:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Wonder if that is an S VDB or just any old 09 penny.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:24:33 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: apillar
scientists said that if you visited the sites of the Apollo moon landings, the American flags would be unrecognizable having turned a solid yellowed-white as the unfiltered ultraviolet light from the sun would have quickly destroyed all the color pigments in the fabric What about the Union Jack?
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:24:40 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: Alex Murphy
Great flick!
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:26:44 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: going hot
“Edgett donated the special Lincoln penny with funds from his own pocket. The 1909 “VDB” cent stems from the very first year that Lincoln pennies were minted and also marks the centennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The VDB initials of the coin’s designer – Victor David Brenner — are on the reverse side. In mint condition the 1909 Lincoln VDB copper penny has a value of about $20.”
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/93407/a-penny-for-your-curiosity-on-mars/#ixzz2hEdD6AJk
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:27:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Thanks.
Might be worth more than a 20
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:29:22 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Heartlander2
I’m glad that we are reminding ourselves - even on Mars - that it is God in whom we should still trust. Post of the day!
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:34:25 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: BenLurkin
Why 1909? I would have thought 1913.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:34:26 AM PDT
by
johnny reb
(When in the course of human events.....)
To: johnny reb
I would have thought penny from the year the probe was launched — though that would mean that it was just a token and not an actual coin.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:36:05 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: going hot
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:37:14 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: going hot
Obviously it’s not an ‘S’...............
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:43:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
To: Squawk 8888
viewing the panel that the penny is embedded in is fascinating.
Im astonished that Obama has yet to shut this project down....
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:44:05 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: johnny reb
The mission was supposed to be launched in 2009 but was delayed.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:54:50 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Heartlander2
In 1000 years, someone will visit Mars and think we believed Lincoln was God.
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posted on
10/09/2013 8:23:14 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(A rainbow curtain has descended upon the west, from Munich to San Francisco.)
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