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NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in this dramatically lit view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars. The rover used the panoramic camera (Pancam) between about 4:30 and 5:00 p.m. local Mars time to record images taken through different filters and combined into this mosaic view. Most of the component images were recorded during the 2,888th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's work on Mars (March 9, 2012). At that time, Opportunity was spending low-solar-energy weeks of the Martian winter at the Greeley Haven outcrop on the Cape York segment of Endeavour's western rim. In order to give the mosaic a rectangular aspect, some small parts of the edges of the mosaic and sky were filled in with parts of an image acquired earlier as part of a 360-degree panorama from the same location. Opportunity has been studying the western rim of Endeavour Crater since arriving there in August 2011. This crater spans 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter, or about the same area as the city of Seattle. This is more than 20 times wider than Victoria Crater, the largest impact crater that Opportunity had previously examined. The interior basin of Endeavour is in the upper half of this view. The mosaic combines about a dozen images taken through Pancam filters centered on wavelengths of 753 nanometers (near infrared), 535 nanometers (green) and 432 nanometers (violet). The view is presented in false color to make some differences between materials easier to see, such as the dark sandy ripples and dunes on the crater's distant floor. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
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Daily Archives: October 24, 2008
It’s That Time of Year Again
It’s that time of year again. And the state of the economy does not help right now but let’s dig out the wallet and see what we can drum up for the team. Request 1– TEAM HOPE FOR THE WARRIORS. … Continue reading
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More Campaign Advertising
If you have a message and can ride it, how do you eloquently and tastefully exploit the opportunity? Here’s one way:
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Unofficial Campaign Ads / Goofs
You know what is even more fun than official campaign ads… the unofficial ones. As Biden tried to tie McCain to President Bush this morning, he slipped and referred the Republican nominee as “John McLane.” He immediately recognized the mistake, … Continue reading
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Campaign Ads
I’ve said it before that I find campaign advertising fascinating. This one is even more intriguing. That a candidate could say something as clear and concise as this message is, and it be so derogatory of his own campaign effort … Continue reading
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Friday Quiz Time
Your result for The Tits, Ass, and Cuteness Test… Curvy and Naughty Raw score: 52% Big Breasts, 50% Big Ass, and 48% Cute! Thanks for taking the T and A and C test! Based on your selections, the results are … Continue reading
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Campaign Contributions
I have had my head under a rock the last couple of days (work) and am just pulling it out now. Ran across this interesting peice over at the Power Line. The implications of this action, and the “law of … Continue reading
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Econ 101
A quick, down to earth lesson in basic economics as it applies to the US tax code. <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-520078593 -1073717157 41 … Continue reading
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