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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: April 2009
Boomershoot – Day3
Note to self: When shooting from prone position, on the very hard earth for several days having elbow pads is a very good idea. I knew this, I just forgot that part of the packing and boy was I paying … Continue reading
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Boomershoot – Day2
The post is a bit late but better late than never. Another cold morning to start the day. The weather overall though was pretty good. Winds ranging 6 to 10 which impacted the shooting but after having to remount my … Continue reading
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Idaho – Day 1
So, after spending yesterday winging my way across most of the United States I arrived in Orofino. All I could keep thinking once we landed in the Northwest was how very much I miss living in this part of the … Continue reading
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Economics – Scale Part II
So, I recently wrote a post about one possible redirection of the bailout funds. In it I tried to put some scale to the numbers that we are talking about. Then I reposted some work that was done to help … Continue reading
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Jawdropper
Having just had two wisdom teeth extracted, I really did not need to run across a jaw dropper like this one. Holy Cow! The Janet Napolitano was on CNN over the weekend and said the following about illegal aliens… KING: … Continue reading
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Blogthing Quiz
You Are a Lynx You are a quiet observer of the world around you. Your wisdom comes from listening carefully. You’ve always been extra sensitive and aware. And it’s made it difficult for you to fit in. You see past … Continue reading
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Economics – Scale Part I
This has been making the blogging and e-mail rounds for a while now. But, it is always a good perspective. A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon we’re talking real money =-) A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… … Continue reading
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