Images of Mars -- Part Three

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1P208168568EL2M1.5 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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1P208168670EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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False color images of Spirits tracks using L2,L4,L7<br /><br />Something very strange going on here folks, I very highly recommend time laps imaging for the next <br />couple sol's on these tracks.<br /><br />2P208940362EL4M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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2P208940597EL4M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Look at the circled item below that is in one of these time-lapse RGB images. This seems to me<br />to be seepage of some unknown gas or some unknown movement of an object. Note the green <br />color appearance in the image above, that to me from my past experience can be the result of <br />either a artifact in one of the images or a movement of some unknown material.<br /><br />For kicks and giggles later I may tell you the rest of the story on another thought that might <br />apply here.<br /><br />Note the three images taken below are from the Left pan-cam - top L2, middle L4, bottom L7, <br />taken in sequence at different times. <br /><br />All items in each image may not appear in all three RGB filter, that’s because they are predominately <br />block by the color filter from view. Sometimes a light object in one RGB filter image will be darker <br />in another one but in most cases they will be something in at least two of the three filters to<br />help identify it. I have been looking for this type of evidence from the MER rovers, this is one <br />of a very few images of over three thousand processed RGB images that I have found <br />where there is a miniscule image different than the other two that may be caused by some <br />dynamic movement. <br /><br />With all that said it probably is nothing, an artifact, but if it isn't then we <br />should take a closer look.<br /><br />Note: The time difference between the first and second filter image, L2 to L3, is 14 sec, the<br /> difference between the second and third filter image, L4 to L7, is 71 sec. What ever happened, <br />happened within that combined time interval - 85 sec.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

No sooner did I say something about some form of seepage looking movement coming out of <br />the surface, JPL might be thinking along the same line. The Spirits left Pam cam is taking time <br />lapse imaging using L6 filter only on the last two sol. By using the same filter and taking images at<br /> different times you can combine them together to make a motion like picture of the area, and <br />then you look for movement in the image. I saw another one using L2 image from a different set <br />of RGB filter images from Spirits site. Don't know if what I am seeing can be visible using the L6 filter?<br /> Below is the Spirit images, 17 each, using L6 filters that came back on sol 933,934<br />Don't know if they are looking for the same effect as I witnessed, I hope so.<br /><br />Another very plausible idea is that it is the result of micro-asteroid impacts during a meteor storm. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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The Martian Windsurfer<br /><br />Future proposed Scout and Comercial Martian aeorbat explorer<br /><br />http://arrow-space-innovations.com/ <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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1P208170595EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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1P208086021EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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1P208170595EL5M1.7 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[jmilsom]

That last image is beautiful! Keep em coming! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[silylene old]

The nature of the Victoria apron, and its abruptness intrigue me greatly. RLB, could you please post more pictures of this boundry? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

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No problem. Here are three more; I have more that will be included on my monthly update with higher resolution.<br /><br />1P208081232EL2M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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1P208171969EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[silylene old]

RLB,<br /><br />So far I have seen no microcraters on the Victoria apron as I go through the raw photos from Opportunity. Odd. Very odd, in fact - I expected the opposite.<br /><br />If you happen to find any, please post.<br /><br />thanks! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

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<font color="orange">That last image is beautiful! Keep em coming!<font color="white"><br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />This one the light is hitting it at a different angle giving it a yellowish tent.<br /><br />1P208171141EFL5M1 <br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[paulanderson]

<i>So far I have seen no microcraters on the Victoria apron as I go through the raw photos from Opportunity. Odd. Very odd, in fact - I expected the opposite.<br /><br />If you happen to find any, please post.</i><br /><br /><br />I saw this one, from August 20:<br /><br />http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportunity/navcam/2006-08-20/1N209329424EFF75GTP0685L0M1.JPG<br /><br />I think this is on the annulus itself? Interesting how it's getting flatter the closer to Victoria we get.

 

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I agree paulanderson. It is most strange. Any ideas why? I would have thought that the opposite would be true also, (MER A Spirit approaching Bonneville Crater, the surface got rougher & rougher, the closer she got). Victoria Crater appears just the opposite.<br /><br />Could the difference in underlying geology (Aerology being Mars) be the reason. In Gusev Crater, the ejecta blanket was broken up pieces of basaltic volcanic lava. Such a surface has great structural strength.<br /><br />Meridiani Planum, is thought to be a dried up sea bed, made of sediments, much weaker & softer.<br /><br />rlb2 keep posting your great images. I for one really appreciate them.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

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Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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I have a few at:<br />http://www.soscuba.com/green.html<br />but one is of Saturn.<br />Enjoy.

 

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1P208173112EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Updated Mars images website - 44 new full size images at: <br /><br />http://members.cox.net/mars.images/index.htm<br /><br />I only post these images briefly.<br /><br />1P208441199EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[silylene old]

Here are some unusual tiny pebbles seen in a recent Opportunity MI photo from the Victoria annulus. What is odd are the tiny holes in some of the pebbles.<br /><br />(I got this photo from the UMSF forum from a post by SacramentoBob).<br /><br />I was wondering if one of our geologists could comment on these unusual tiny pebbles. My guess is that they are some type of tiny geode, in which a concretion formed around a salt crystal, which subsequently then dissolved out from a later water contact, leaving a hollow sphere with a tiny hole. This implies that the water contact which dissolved out the salt was not nearly as briny as the original brine in which the salt had first crystallized.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

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Looks like the spherules, blueberries, at the landing site. Hope this doesn’t mess up your text, it is just too <br />important to miniaturize any smaller. <br /><br />Here is a look at a L7 only colorized pan-view image of the Victoria Crater, notice the light colored layer just below <br />the crater rim??? I can’t wait for all three RGB filter images to come out. <br /><br />Another question that needs to be asked is; if below the top layer of rocky surface there is nothing but dust <br />and sandy looking regolith then what does this mean? Victoria Crater looks fairly new by its sharp profiled <br />rim? Was the top layer sculpted out flat by a more recent pool of water covering the whole Meridian crater <br />basin which must have been a more recent event than first proposed?<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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This is a grayscale pan-view of Victoria Crater, see link below, that JPL stitched together that was <br />taken at a different time of the day. I sharpened it a bit; darkened, added contrast then colorized it.<br />It looks like a good place to enter the crater.<br /><br /><font color="orange">NASA's Mars rover Opportunity edged 3.7 meters (12 feet) closer to the top of the "Duck Bay"<br /> alcove along the rim of "Victoria Crater" during the rover's 952nd Martian day, or sol (overnight<br /> Sept. 27 to Sept. 28), and gained this vista of the crater. The rover's navigation camera took <br />the seven exposures combined into this mosaic view of the crater's interior. This crater has been <br />the mission's long-term destination for the past 21 Earth months. <br /><br />The far side of the crater is about 800 meters (one-half mile) away. The rim of the crater is composed <br />of alternating promontories, rocky points towering approximately 70 meters (230 feet) <br />above the crater floor, and recessed alcoves, such as Duck Bay. The bottom of the crater is covered<br /> by sand that has been shaped into ripples by the Martian wind. The rocky cliffs in the foreground <br />have been informally named "Cape Verde," on the left, and "Cabo Frio," on the right. <br /><br />http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=22230<br /><br /></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>