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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: January 2009
Target?
Well it seems that the new adminstration is bringing some baggage with it. No not all of the scandels that you are hearing about… some security worries. Seriously, there are probably a ton of security changes that are made on … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics, Technology
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Commercial Air Travel – Baghdad
I have been watching this BBC report scroll by on my ticker for a while now, it took a little bit for me to realize how momentous an event this really is. COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRAVEL FROM EUROPE TO BAGHDAD HAS … Continue reading
Posted in GWOT, Iraq
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Solar Car?
You may recall that alternate energy is one of my side interests, although I do not do a lot of posting on the topic. Frankly, most people find the topic dry and the reality of the situation is that it … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
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Terrorist Tactics
WARNING: Raw footage below.There is a reason why terrorism is called terrorism. The goal is to impose your will and agenda on others through fear and intimidation. Watch the SUV weave through and concrete barriers, and time it’s approach to … Continue reading
Posted in Evil walks the earth, Terrorism
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Semper Fidelis
Words on paper. Most people read those words and don’t really absorb or understand what they truly mean. Deeds speak … The sun had barely risen when the two sentries spotted a 20-foot-long truck headed toward the gate, weaving with … Continue reading
Posted in Heroes, Iraq, Marines
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Dave Berry on 2008
Dave Berry has his 2008 in review column up at the Washington Post. He is a funny guy, go give it a read here. How weird a year was it? Here’s how weird: # O.J. actually got convicted of something. … Continue reading
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