New site features 'live' images from Mars

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telfrow

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<font color="yellow"><i>A new Web site at ASU provides the public and scientists “live” views of Mars. A scrolling panel that runs continually at</i> http://themis.asu.edu <i>shows visual and infrared images of Mars as they are received from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instrument on NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter spacecraft. <br /><br />"These images appear on the site at the same time the THEMIS science team sees them,” says Phil Christensen, Regents Professor of Geological Sciences at ASU and the principal investigator for the THEMIS instrument. “No other orbiter mission is providing anything like this global view of Mars.” <br /><br />THEMIS is a specialized camera on the Mars Odyssey orbiter spacecraft, which was launched in 2001. The device uses five visual and 10 infrared filters to study the mineralogy of Mars, as well as the thermal and physical properties of the Martian surface. At visual wavelengths, THEMIS has a resolution of 59 feet (18 meters) per pixel, while at infrared wavelengths its resolution is 328 feet (100 meters) per pixel.</i></font><br /><br />Full story at: http://www.physorg.com/news7284.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>
 
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CalliArcale

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I am totally bookmarking that! Awesome! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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telfrow

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It is pretty cool, isn't it? Neat idea. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>
 
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yurkin

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Very Cool<br />But its three weeks old, I wouldn’t call that Live.<br /><br />Now what would be really, really cool would be if the hazcam from either MER was seen "Live" online.
 
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maxtheknife

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Jeez, don't write those initials lest this thread be moved to phenomena! <br /><br />Or the mods create a new thread w/ <i>your</i> name on it!
 
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telfrow

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<font color="yellow">I wonder what RCH is going to say about this.</font><br /><br />You cannot possibly imagine how little I care. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>
 
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pale_blue_dave

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I don't care either. I just mentioned that because I'm sure he'll say that there's some sort of conspiracy going on. I don't subscribe to pseudoscience.
 
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maxtheknife

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Telfrow: <font color="yellow">You cannot possibly imagine how little I care.</font><br /><br />After more than 8 months of discussion about RCH's theories, I find that incredibly hard to believe. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />
 
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telfrow

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<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>
 
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