Images of Mars -- Part Three

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">Hi rlb2. I would like a CD, if you get it published. Please let me know when it is available & how to buy one.<font color="white"><br /><br />Will do, It maybe a while, I will post it at my website when I am done at http://arrow-space-innovations.com/<br /><br />1P217485434EL5M1<br /><br /><br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">Looks like the interior slope deposits of the crater is quite old - there are some small craters visible on the flanks.<font color="white"><br /><br />What do you think about going all the way to the bottom of it? At the bottom,<br /> it looks like one giant sand-trap. <br /><br />1P217485527EL5M1</font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Here is a stitched image with a slightly different Hue, saturation and intensity <br />from a different time of the Martian day. Mars atmosphere has different hues of <br />colors seasonally and during the day from dust until dawn which also includes <br />slight shades of blue, more so than in the desert southwest of the US. Depending <br />on where the sun is in the sky, these different shades create a natural color filter <br />that changes the color, hue, and saturation of the images. <br /><br />1P217501109EL2M1.7 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[bonzelite]

MY GOD these are FANTASTIC<br /><br />i am blown away, just blown away!

 

[JonClarke]

I can almost reach out and touch! Bonz said it all!!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[vonster]

Thoroughly breathtaking<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p> A book would be nice; it would require much more work <br />and research<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />And highly successful no doubt. Would fly off the shelves<br /><br />.<br />

 

[rlb2]

Just think we have just started looking inside, NASA/JPL have a gold mine of data <br />and images yet to be harvested at Victoria crater.<br /><br />1P215898938EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">And highly successful no doubt. Would fly off the shelves<font color="white"><br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />1P217501538EL5M1.5<br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

1P215899041EL5M1.5 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

1P214834777EL5M1.5 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Thanks everyone for all the positive feedback on the images I posted. <br /><br />I try to sharpen the images as much as I can to bring out some details that <br />normally wouldn't show up as clear.<br /><br />1P215986788EL5M1.7<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[brellis]

hi rlb<br /><br />your work processing these images deserves more than accolades. i've sent a note to someone working on the rover team directing him to your website. Perhaps you'll hear from him sometime soon. thanks for helping to open our collective eyes to this earthlike world! <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>

 

[vandivx]

what's the thinking now, are they going to guide the little machine that could down those sandy slopes? how much could we gain in terms of science and views by going inside the crater?<br /><br />wouldn't it be better to ride around the rim and take pics of promontories or what its called?<br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">thanks for helping to open our collective eyes to this earthlike world!<font color="white"><br /><br />Thanks, every time I process a new image, like the one below - I don't know what<br />to expect, that’s why I am doing it.<br /><br />It’s very addictive.<br /><br />1P214028820EL5M1<br /><br /><br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">what's the thinking now, are they going to guide the little machine that <br />could down those sandy slopes? how much could we gain in terms of science and<br /> views by going inside the crater? <br /><br />wouldn't it be better to ride around the rim and take pics of promontories or <br />what its called? <font color="white"><br /><br />If the bottom is more solid looking than it looks then I could see them going <br />down there. I think it looks like one big sand trap. I would guess they will be <br />taking small trips in and out along the rim, unless they see something they <br />can’t pass up. It is very jagged and treacherous looking, baby steps - baby steps.....<br /><br /><br />1P214479670EL5M1.5<br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

1P217501287EL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[vandivx]

I would be of the same opinion as you regarding that sandy trap, it would seem to me as providing little new discoveries since it is mostly uniform sand to my untrained eye, once you've seen some you've seen all of it I am trying to say... but I may be quite wrong perhaps, close look from ground level at the dunes would be interesting no doubt but maybe trip around the rim would show us in various detail and variety those interesting rocks and perhaps some side trips a bit inside would be ok too if we won't get trapped on too steep and loose slope and only way would be down to the bottom<br /><br />I see your images are tagged for 'pending approval', just hang in there I say<br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi there, I think brellis was right to point rlb2's images to the MER teams. It is true, any book & / or CD will fly off the shelves, rlb2, you would sell loads, no doubt.<br /><br />The sand trap at the base of Victoria, I wonder how fine the particles are??<br /><br />I think it best that Opportunity for at least the time being, drives around the rim making observations.<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>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">trip around the rim would show us in various detail and variety those <br />interesting rocks and perhaps some side trips a bit inside would be ok too if <br />we won't get trapped on too steep and loose slope and only way would be down <br />to the bottom<font color="white"><br /><br />As mentioned, going around the rim and collecting all the data you need, <br />then go in would be a logical way to proceed.<br /><br />___________________________________________________<br /><br />Spirit is stuck in one place, for what-ever reason, to keep from dying a low <br />solar death it needs to move. Creating vibration will remove more dust from <br />the solar panels by moving over the rocks on the surface and it will be much <br />more effective than waiting for a gust of wind.<br /><br />Here is something from Spirit.<br /><br />2P217178984EL5M1 <br /><br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[vandivx]

this image 1P214028820EL5M1 (fourth above here) with the white strata looks like the crater was filled with some liquid in past, like saline water<br /><br />it might be just layer of light colored rocks but that is improbable too<br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">this image 1P214028820EL5M1 (fourth above here) with the white <br />strata looks like the crater was filled with some liquid in past, like saline water<font color="white"><br /><br />Sure looks like it was wet in the not to distant past. They haven't released <br />images lately, look for another major announcement pretty soon.<br /><br />1P216165169EL5M1.5<br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[abq_farside]

Re: 1P216165169EL5M1.5 <br /><br />Interesting zigzag like channels found in the lower dark half of the images. <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>

 

[3488]

abq-farside. Yes very interesting indeed!! It looks like a liquid flowed along the joins in the rock strata. Wonder what Jon Clarke thinks??<br /><br />rlb2. The bright streaks DO look very fresh indeed. Obviously salty IMO. Considering how dusty both Spirit & Opportunity got, these streaks seem very fresh. I think you are correct. We WILL get another very important announcement very soon.<br /><br />Do not need to say, but I will, another superb image. Please keep them coming.<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>

 

[JonClarke]

The bedrock features certainly were formed by liquid water, and at Endurance we saw lots of levidence for later fluid movement along fractures and through strata. Can't say i see any evidence for the crater being filled though! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[franontanaya]

Hi. I've been reading this amazing forum for quite a while -and watching to MRO and MER images <br />for even longer- and this time I couldn't help but posting.<br /><br />I was zooming through HiRISE's TRA_000856_2265 when I spotted this interesting glare. <br />If you go to the zoomify page, it's a bit right and down of the middle of the image, in the dark border <br />of the pit. I thought it would be an image artifact, but it actually fits in the terrain. Unlike the rocks, <br />it's blurry and it seems to be at the end of a zig zag tubular mound (shadows fall to the right) <br />and at the head of a curvy channel.<br /><br />The image description:<br /><br /><i>This image in the Utopia Planitia region is marked by large somewhat circular pits roughly tens <br />of meters (yards) deep, with scalloped edges. The presence of these pits has lead to hypotheses <br />of the removal of subsurface material, possibly ice by sublimation (evaporation) since no channels <br />are observed to imply melting. Close up, the upper surface is arrayed with a polygonal pattern of fractures <br />in a variety of regular and irregular orientations. These fractures indicated that a competent or <br />cohesive surface layer is present that has undergone stress, in much the same way paint cracks <br />as it dries and shrinks.</i><br /><br />I'm not a pro-water fanatic, but it "could" look like liquid melting from subsurface, going trough a <br />frozen-dust tube (exposed by erosion?) and then melting to form that curvy channel. Probably it's just <br />a properly faced stone, but... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>