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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: May 2009
Nuclear Energy
Recently Scott Adams took a cursory look at the economics of Nuclear Energy in the US, and he rasied some great points. Ultimately the issue is much larger than just building plants, and disposing of the waste material. Go take … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Energy
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I was just looking for .45 ACP…
I was just looking for .45 ACP at Midway for grins…0 in stock. Incredible!
Friday Funny
I little humor to infuse into your day: A Senior citizen drove his brand new BMW Z4 convertible out of the car salesroom. Taking off down the motorway, he floored it to 160Kmh; enjoying the wind blowing through what little … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2009
The team over at Blackfive have done things up right. As usual. Go on over here and here to see the details. Here is a quick taste of what you will find:
Posted in Heroes, Holidays
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Bonus Friday Funny
Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day. As they walked, they come across a sign: “Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world.” “I am entering!” said Snow White. After half … Continue reading
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Friday Funny
It’s well past time for a friday funny. Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he’d just been run over by a train. His arm is in a sling, his nose is broken, his face is cut and … Continue reading
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MHI Coming Soon
About 16 months ago, I ran across a book Monster Hunter’s International. I hemmed and hawed about it, do I really want to read a book about Zombies that is written by a professed B Movie addict? Well, I decided … Continue reading
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The Desert
Ah, the desert. Warm, sunny, the great wide open. Why is it that we only remember the good things. A swore I would never voluntarily spend any great amount of time in the desert again. The last couple of years … Continue reading
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@JimDeMint Gitmo is a US milit…
@JimDeMint Gitmo is a US military installation. Seems to me that this is US soil.
Posted in Politics, Terrorism
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@TheMajPain I would drink to t…
@TheMajPain I would drink to that, except my client would frown on it. Will have to wait a bit.