Phenomenal on orbit shots of Oppurtunity

marika wrote:


lifeforms larger than a dog, as you'd see their footprints.



yeah but if they look like fleas on a dog, then the footprints will
be really tiny


Bet you'd see this though:
http://www.scifilm.org/images3/angryredplanet4.jpg
It'd be fun to hack their website, and have this as a picture of the
area around Victoria Crater seen in red light:
http://www.niftyfiftyscifi.com/Pic2/arp5.jpg :-D

Pat

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:30:34 -0400, Pat Flannery
wrote:



marika wrote:


lifeforms larger than a dog, as you'd see their footprints.



yeah but if they look like fleas on a dog, then the footprints will
be really tiny


Bet you'd see this though:
http://www.scifilm.org/images3/angryredplanet4.jpg
It'd be fun to hack their website, and have this as a picture of the
area around Victoria Crater seen in red light:
http://www.niftyfiftyscifi.com/Pic2/arp5.jpg :-D

Pat

yea!!

wrote:
Funny I thought it looked a flea to. I'm psyched tho, gonna be in
Tuscon this coming week and try to get a tour of their facility,
Yessssss!..............Doc

At the very least, note that a copy of the whole camera system is
sitting in the public lobby of the (new) Lunar and Planetary
Lab building on North Cherry (next to the four-story Steward
Observatory building) and can be visited during at least normal
working hours. There are some older items of interest as well,
such as the UVStars shuttle-borne UV telescope (looking remarkably
like our StarLite payload except for having a much more limited
range of pointing).

Bill Keel

"mike flugennock" wrote in message
ervers.com...

Are you talking about the "geysers" that were spotted recently? That'd be
really interesting at that resolution, especially if they can catch one of
them actually "letting one off".

If there are any ancient geysers on Mars, they'd have to be smaller than the
ancient geezer on The Benny Hill Show.

wrote:
link is
On Oct 6, 1:09 http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/
m, wrote:
HIROC just released the first shots of Oppurtunity at Victoria from
orbit. Can even see the camera mast shadow. Can't wait to see what
else they find, maybe some old Soviet landers, European, US OT but
fantastic stuff. All the Photos are truly Woo-Woo.............Doc

Those pictures are freakin amazing and soooo cool . . . I am stunned.


John

In article ,
Henry Spencer wrote:

And in the case of MPL, if memory serves, there is the added complication
of bad timing: it's now autumn at the south pole, lighting conditions are
deteriorating rapidly, and the area will soon be in continuous darkness as
winter sets in.

Ahem.

"The winter solstice falls on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, Spirit's 923rd sol,
or Martian day, of exploration."

.. . . and ever since then the lighting has been getting slowly better at the
south pole.

T-shirt? T-shirt, T-shirt, T-shirt?

--
Kathy Rages

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:54:08 -0500, Kathy Rages wrote
(in article ):

In article ,
Henry Spencer wrote:

And in the case of MPL, if memory serves, there is the added complication
of bad timing: it's now autumn at the south pole, lighting conditions are
deteriorating rapidly, and the area will soon be in continuous darkness as
winter sets in.

Ahem.

"The winter solstice falls on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, Spirit's 923rd sol,
or Martian day, of exploration."

. . . and ever since then the lighting has been getting slowly better at the
south pole.

Note the patented weasel words: "if memory serves"

T-shirt? T-shirt, T-shirt, T-shirt?

Close but no T-shirt.

But not to worry, we have some fabulous parting gifts.

These do NOT include my "I Corrected Henry's Arithmetic" slide rule,
the "I Was Validated By Henry" handkerchief, or the "I Was Expounded
Upon By Mary" T-shirt. ;-)


--
Herb Schaltegger
"You can run on for a long time . . . sooner or later, God'll cut you
down." - Johnny Cash
http://www.angryherb.net

Kathy Rages wrote:

. . . and ever since then the lighting has been getting slowly better at the
south pole.



Spirit's near the equator, not the polar regions.
Take off your T-shirt...or at least get it wet. :-)

Pat

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

or the "I Was Expounded
Upon By Mary" T-shirt. ;-)


Do you have films of that? It sounds kinky. :-)

Pat

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:35:25 -0500, Pat Flannery wrote
(in article ):

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

or the "I Was Expounded
Upon By Mary" T-shirt. ;-)


Do you have films of that? It sounds kinky. :-)

I promised Mary that I would never show that tape . . . ;-)

Pat



--
Herb Schaltegger
"You can run on for a long time . . . sooner or later, God'll cut you
down." - Johnny Cash
http://www.angryherb.net