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To: NormsRevenge

The bloody thing couldn't even turn the cameras around to photograph the whole surface area where it landed, it might've had a lake right behind it. Darn.


4 posted on 01/18/2005 10:53:12 AM PST by Brett66 (W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
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A composite picture produced from images returned January 14, 2005 by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe, during its successful descent to land on Titan, shows a full 360-degree view around Huygens. The left-hand side, behind the space probe shows a boundary between light and dark areas. The white streaks seen near this boundary could be ground 'fog', as they were not immediately visible from higher altitudes. As the probe descended, it drifted over a plateau (center of image) and was heading towards its landing site in a dark area (right). From the drift of the probe, the wind speed has been estimated at around 6-7 kms per hour. These images were taken from an altitude of about 8 kms and a resolution of about 20 meters per pixel. NO SALES    NO ARCHIVES   REUTERS/ESA/NASA/University of Arizona    BLACK AND WHITE ONLY    QUALITY FROM SOURCE

A composite picture produced from images returned January 14, 2005 by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe, during its successful descent to land on Titan, shows a full 360-degree view around Huygens. The left-hand side, behind the space probe shows a boundary between light and dark areas. The white streaks seen near this boundary could be ground 'fog', as they were not immediately visible from higher altitudes. As the probe descended, it drifted over a plateau (center of image) and was heading towards its landing site in a dark area (right). From the drift of the probe, the wind speed has been estimated at around 6-7 kms per hour. These images were taken from an altitude of about 8 kms and a resolution of about 20 meters per pixel. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/ESA/NASA (news - web sites)/University of Arizona BLACK AND WHITE ONLY QUALITY FROM SOURCE


8 posted on 01/18/2005 10:56:13 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: Brett66

Yeah, I don't get that. Maybe one of the rovers we sent up could go over and turn the thing around for us?


10 posted on 01/18/2005 11:01:03 AM PST by MarkeyD (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com">Loser</a>)
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To: Brett66
The bloody thing couldn't even turn the cameras around to photograph the whole surface area where it landed, it might've had a lake right behind it. Darn.

pretty close


18 January 2005 A view of Huygens probable landing site based on initial, best-guess estimates. Scientists on the Huygens Descent Imager/ Spectral Radiometer (DISR) science team are still working to refine the exact location of the probe's landing site, but they estimate that it lies within the white circle shown in this image.

16 posted on 01/18/2005 11:08:54 AM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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