Wouldn't it be fun to be the first person to stand here? (Fun, yes. Feasible...)
1 posted on
02/13/2004 10:00:25 AM PST by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
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2 posted on
02/13/2004 10:01:12 AM PST by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Not if this creature were to be found in its lower depths.
3 posted on
02/13/2004 10:02:17 AM PST by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: cogitator
Wouldn't it be fun to hang glide off of some of those cliffs that probably dwarf anything on this planet?
4 posted on
02/13/2004 10:03:24 AM PST by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: cogitator
Is that a SAR image?
9 posted on
02/13/2004 10:34:59 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: cogitator
...well hello there boys and girls...my name is Mickey! What's yours??.....
11 posted on
02/13/2004 10:45:25 AM PST by
smiley
To: cogitator; Light Speed; Starwind; Physicist
I don't think its that hard to visualize the collapsed caldera, as the walls do obviously trail inward, rather than out. But it's difficult to perceive from this angle that this caldera is elevated drastically above the surrounding planetary surface...actually sitting atop the tallest known volcano in the solar system. We need an angle shot, rather than one from directly overhead.
13 posted on
02/13/2004 12:29:23 PM PST by
Paul Ross
("A country that cannot control its borders isn't really a country any more."-President Ronald Reagan)
To: cogitator
Wouldn't it be fun to be the first person to stand here? (Fun, yes. Feasible...) The view of the caldera would be lovely to see in person.
The actual slope of Olympus Mons is impossible to see from the surface. The slope of the volcano is less than the curvature of the planet, so it can only be viewed from space.
The lower edge of the volcano does suddenly rise about 1 km from the surface. Now that cliff would be exciting to view in person.
15 posted on
02/13/2004 12:54:39 PM PST by
Hunble
To: cogitator
Notice the lack of meteorite impact craters inside of the caldera.
This is important for the dating of it's most recent eruption.
16 posted on
02/13/2004 12:56:03 PM PST by
Hunble
To: cogitator
How wide is the caldera? Anybody know? What kind of size are we looking at here?
20 posted on
02/13/2004 1:14:49 PM PST by
Luke Skyfreeper
(Michael <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/index_real.php">miserable failure</a>Moore)
To: cogitator
You have to visually force the caldera to be a depression, not a bump, but it's a great image.
You see that as a bump?
35 posted on
02/13/2004 7:24:12 PM PST by
aruanan
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