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Photos from Mars' Victoria Crater (Caution: Photo-intense)
NASA ^
| 10/6/06
| NASA
Posted on 10/06/2006 11:59:34 AM PDT by DoctorMichael
Photo shows the area in which Opportunity landed, the track outlined path it took over two years to negotiate 6 miles of desert to Victoria Crater
Victoria Crater.
The Mars-orbiting NASA satellite took a picture as it
passed Victoria Crater and actually captured the Rover
sitting on the edge of the crater.........A blow-up of
the satellite photo showing Opportunity sitting on the crater's rim
False color looking North to Cape Verde; great rock layers to explore.
Looking Southeast across Duck Bay.
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanachievement; bigholeinground; falsecolor; hirise; mars; mro; nasa; noair; opportunity; rocks; rocksandmorerocks; sand2
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To: DoctorMichael
OK, who's the first guy whose going to set up a hot dog stand at the edge of that crater?
To: 6SJ7
Nice to get away from the terrestrial concerns for a bit with stuff like this. I know what you mean.
The idiocy and blatant partisanship of the US media covering (Shilling?) stuff in DC, plus the Amish-story, has made for a bummer week.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:19:36 PM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
"Is that water in the crater? Looks like it to me."
Looks more like tripe to me! (3rd pic)
To: MineralMan
very very VERY large image here: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20061006b/873_1780_RGBcolor.jpg
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:22:32 PM PDT
by
frankenMonkey
(Are there any men left in Washington, or are they all cowards?)
To: Bobkk47
Maybe this guy (after he conquers all the Earthlings)?
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:24:09 PM PDT
by
Cecily
(`)
To: DoctorMichael
Absolutely INCREDIBLE! Thanks for the post.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Please do not emanate into the penumbra.)
To: DoctorMichael
It's amazing to think that if one were standing next to the rover, no matter how far he could see or travel, he would not encounter a single living thing. No animals, no plants; nothing living on the surface of the planet. You can bet he'd be calling the rover "Rover".
"Rooooooverrrrrrrrrrrr!"
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:25:10 PM PDT
by
Squeako
(ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
To: Shellback Chuck
3 Plutonic Months! Hope I can last that long!
To: Victoria Delsoul
"Crater on Mars named after you" ping. LOL.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:27:39 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Shellback Chuck
I thought these rovers were only supposed to last 3 months....wow.
This thing has lasted longer than my father's Crown Victoria.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:29:28 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
The flat feature in the bottom of the crater is very common on Mars. It looks like water, but it is dust.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:30:28 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Calvin Locke
Huh, another government program that refuses to die.
Yeah, kind of like welfare in America!
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:30:38 PM PDT
by
buck61
To: buck61
Personally, I think this is pretty exciting, and it's money well spent.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:32:43 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: DoctorMichael; All
What does this thing run on?
I thought the mission was only 3 months too!
Solar, mini nuke or battery?
To: frankenMonkey
Whoa! That is large. Thanks!
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:33:41 PM PDT
by
MineralMan
(Non-evangelical Atheist)
To: WakeUpAndVote
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:33:42 PM PDT
by
Strategerist
(Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
To: DoctorMichael
It looks like there is a nice ramp that will lead to the crater floor. Love to see what those crazed, dried mud looking features are in there.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:34:08 PM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: WakeUpAndVote
It's battery recharged by solar.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:34:40 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: DoctorMichael
I'm waiting for the looter guy to show up in a picture.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:34:58 PM PDT
by
Vision
("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
To: F.J. Mitchell
God got some glue on his finger when he was building the planet, and it left a fingerprint on the surface.
Hey, it happened to me when I was building a plastic model as a kid!
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:35:32 PM PDT
by
Fudd
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