Images of Mars -- Part Three

[Swampcat]

Spirit, Sols 856 & 863 (L4, L5 & L6 filters).<br /><br />Full size image<br /><br />Image hosting courtesy of ImageShack <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

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2P201202046EL5M1.3 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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2P203687392EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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re: Spirit, Sols 856 & 863 (L4, L5 & L6 filters). <br /><br />Doesn't that look like a drive through a mud trough? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em><font size="1" color="#000080">Don't let who you are keep you from becoming who you want to be!</font></em></p> </div>

 

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2P203776561EL5M1.3 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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2P202978198EL4M1.97<br /><br />See 907Kb image at:<br /><br />http://members.cox.net/skyclimbers/2P202978198EL4M1.97.jpg <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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[llad]

<b>Mars gullies question for the planetary geologists: </b><br /><br />Have the numerous, cited, geologically recent gullies seen on Mars been catalogued and mapped?<br /><br />If so, are many of these gullies within specific basins/areas and in close proximity to one another?<br /><br />As many of these crater gullies seem to originate (or be associated) with coarser grained clastics, have there been any attempts to lithologically correlate this strata from site to site? <br /><br />It would seem that if said coarse-grained rocks were potential aquifers (and the source for the gully erosion and subsequent alluvial fan-like deposition), then mapping of these clastic sequences from outcrops would be important from numerous standpoints. <br /><br />Just a few thoughts from an old petroleum geologist ... <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">Have the numerous, cited, geologically recent gullies seen on Mars been catalogued and mapped? <font color="white"><br /><br />In November of this year they will be looked at up close and personal by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.<br /><br />http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/<br /><br />2P202090499EL5M1.7</font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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[Swampcat]

Spirit -- Part of McMurdo Pan from Sols 833, 843 & 847 (L4, L5 & L6 filters):<br /><br />Full size image<br />(2725x2104, 1046kb) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Another piece of McMurdo Pan -- Sols 853, 859 & 872 (L4, L5 & L6 filters):<br /><br />Full size image<br />(2525x2049, 704kb) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

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2P201558747EFL5M1.55 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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41 new full-size images at:<br /><br />http://members.cox.net/mars.images/index.htm<br /><br />or go to: <br /><br />http://arrow-space-innovations.com/_wsn/page5.html to get to links of over 1000 more images.<br /><br />2P201645856EL5M1.555 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[brellis]

gr8 work rlb2, thank you for the link. What is the white stuff in the "tracks" pic from 6/26/06 -- ice? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Thanks<br /><br /><font color="orange">What is the white stuff in the "tracks" pic from 6/26/06 -- ice?<font color="white"><br /><br />I’m sure its already been identified as some sort of salts, what particular type I don't know. It is a nightmare<br /> trying to decipher the spectro readings unless you are very well schooled in it and can correlate JPL's images <br />with an overlaying of the spectro readings site? <br /><br />I personally don't trust mini-TESS for finding certain elements such as water ice, etc. I am hoping some expert in <br />this field who has done their homework will anounce some kind of remarkable finding at a Mars conference and <br />question the spectro readings findings we are getting back from the MER rovers, I haven't seen that yet.<br /><br />2P203954867EL5M1<br /><br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

The white stuff, salts, are at both sites. Here is a recent image of Opportunities track marks.<br /><br />1P202930858EL5M1.5 <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[chew_on_this]

Interesting how the tires tracks are "cut" to such a fine edge. Something sticky going on there.

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">Something sticky going on there.<font color="white"><br /><br />Something does appear to make the top layer a solid thin sheet???<br /><br />Ha. Who knows maybe the apparent thin layer is a varnish like coating of the surface from dead microbial life <br />forms, or dead bacterial mats. Wouldn’t that be a kick if years latter we find out that the rovers have been <br />treading on dead Martian life forms all this time without us realizing it?<br /><br /><font color="orange">Dr Perry said: "If silica exists in varnish-like coatings in Martian deserts or caves, then it may <br />entomb ancient microbes or chemical signatures of previous life there, too. Desert varnish forms over <br />tens of thousands of years and the deepest, oldest layers in the varnish may have formed in very different<br /> conditions to the shallowest, youngest layer. <br /><br />"These lustrous chroniclers of the local surroundings can provide a window back in time. Martian desert <br />varnish would contain a fascinating chronology of the Martian setting," he added.<br /><font color="white"> <br /><br />http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=20237 <br /><br /><br />1P202400127EL5M1</font></font></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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