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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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Monthly Archives: October 2008
New Policies
As of November 5, 2008, IF President Obama is officially elected to office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness: 1. All salespeople will be pooling … Continue reading
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Communism in The US?
I have commented before on anecdotal evidence that people are seeing the message of the Democrats and BHO as a blatent shift to Socialism, and to Communism. Doc brings us more anecdotal evidence… People who have lived under communism have … Continue reading
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A Sunday Sermon
This one says thing clearly, and concisely. I am the Liberals Worst Nightmare. I am an American. I believe in God. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some Liberal governmental functionary be it … Continue reading
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One Vote
More campaign advertising… interesting approach. A little to religiously oriented for my taste but, a powerful set of value based images and music.
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Refreshing Approach
By now we have all excepted that the mainstream media will continue their one sided push to bring Hussien to office. Then we see this… Just maybe all is not lost.
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Powerful
For most of you that are already aware of these facts, I suspect your decision is made. For those that might still be on the fence for November 4th, please think about this message.
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Civics 101
For the past 3 or 4 months I have been telling anyone that asked, what my biggest fear about this election cycle is. Inevitably, I have gone on a long winded answer that involved a discussion of the basic checks … Continue reading
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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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