Images of Mars

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2P149537427EF1L5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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[spacechump]

On the hills. Martain dunes in "approximate color".

 

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This is what I get in a close-up of the dunes in the image above. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[spacechump]

There is quite a bit of familiarity with that dune structure and the one sitting in the bottom of the Endurance crater. Perhaps an interesting place to go next after examining the layered rock?

 

[juwong]

Fancy! something is similar to the scene on some coner of the Earth.

 

[titanian]

I don't think that those stones are fundamentally different from the stones they use in the south ouest of France to build houses.

 

[tom_hobbes]

Thanks for the info centsworth and rlb. I should pay more attention in class! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[centsworth_II]

<font color="yellow">"...south <b>ouest</b> of France..."</font><br /><br />Cute.<img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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<font color="orange">There is quite a bit of familiarity with that dune structure and the one sitting in the bottom <br />of the Endurance crater. <font color="white"><br /><br />I saw a similarity to it too, now that you mentioned it, with Endurance crater basin sand dunes and <br />some of the ones close to the Spirit landing site. Ill start at the lander and try to find some of the<br /> filtered ones on Spirits trip up to the Hills including Bonneville and post them here.<br /><br />Here is one close to the lander.<br /><br />2P129466606EFFL4M1<br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Here is another one close to the lander. <br /><br />2P129304164EFFL4M1.5 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Here is a small dune by the lander. The coloration looks the same. I'll try to find larger ones <br />with more waves. <br /><br />2P129304464EFFL4M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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<font color="orange">I don't think that those stones are fundamentally different from the stones <br />they use in the south ouest of France to build houses.<font color="white"><br /><br />What is the hydrology of that area like?</font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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More dunes by the Lander. <br /><br />This one I brightened up a bit. Interesting rocks! Note I will be posting more images at my website<br /> than I have here starting with the first 30 sols. <br /><br />The images will be at least twice as large as the ones I posted here. I hope to modify my website<br /> within the next couple of days, got to get rid of some old stuf.<br /><br />2P127515474EFFL2M1<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[qzzq]

Great thread! Some jawdropping stuff in here. Thanks for posting the pics. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[titanian]

I'm not a geologist and so I would fall easily in any trap on that subject.Regarding your question, I don't think that there is a proven hydrology in those areas of Mars.But I strongly hope that they will find traces of water very soon.What a pity that Spirit and Opportunity can't dig deeply into the marsian soil.In any case, those images, scientifically reprocessed ( and congratulation once again for your work rlb), are great.I agree to say that the stones on Mars have an oxydation level that we don't encounter on Earth.

 

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Thanks, your welcome.<br /><br />Here is a little teaser of the Spirit landing site of the size of the images I am going to post on my website. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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A little Opportunity.<br /><br />1P146470088EFFL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Sedimentary looking rock layering on the Hills?<br /><br />2P149802780ESFL5M1<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Oppy.<br /><br />1P146470681EFF35AQPL4M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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A dark pearl on a hill. It looks like it is carbon bases, another thought is that it is a meteorite, alien to an alien world.<br /><br />2P147943419ESFL5M1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>