Phoenix Mission Success Panorama.

3488 · Aug 10, 2008

a_lost_packet last week, very kindly came to my rescue last week, by downloading & chopping up into manageable pieces the enormous 61 MB full resolution Phoenix Mission Success Panorama.I have made copies & from the copies I have cropped out pieces that are of added interest & were not obvious or even seeable on the small pans including the large impressive 24 MB one. This is worthy of it's own thread & also to reflect my gratitude to a_lost_packet, for the enormous amount of consideration shown towards me.This is only about what is on the panorama, not about the TEGA, MECA or other SSI, etc results, as they are covered in the Phoenix Surface Mission thread in M&L. Firstly crop of Due South. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/2/f0017768-6eb5-4bc0-b261-8c32abb920fa.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Interesting 'brick shaped' rock due south, close to Phoenix, with many holes. A vesicular basalt???? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/15/2ea07d72-c012-47c6-afe3-baf6660a462d.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  A small collection of rocks including a really strange looking knarled up one. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/5/1d30712b-63bd-4791-8586-e0335f729447.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> Large boulder & backshell in the South East. The Parachute itself is in a shallow dip to the right & is not seeable. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/3/ef632381-f01e-4df1-a331-7948ed530c1c.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  That large boulder in the image above, has interested me since it was first seen by Phoenix. I have put in a request as part of the extended mission, that one of the first targets of interest, to be imaged at maximum resolution using all 13 filters, is that boulder. Also I have put in a request to have that same boulder imaged at different times of the Sol, including around Midnight with the Sun very low in the north. It could be volcanic or more likely ejecta thrown out of the impact that created the Heimdall Crater, to the North East. I have also asked NASA if the MRO could use the HiRISE & CRISM cameras to re examine Heimdall Crater from orbit using the maximum spectral range possible. Then the data from Phoenix could then be compared directly with the MRO data & determine wheter or not that boulder & also for that matter, the landscape Phoenix is on is actually Heimdall Crater ejecta. It seems that there is also volcanic basalts lying around the site, along side a larger number of what appears to be sedimentary rocks. Usually basalts & sedimentary rocks do not sit side by side. My guess & that is all it is, is that, Phoenix is sitting on Heimdall Crater ejecta (sedimentary) but the bed rock out of reach is volcanic. The active slow turning of the tundra may have bought a few basalts to the surface, hence the mix up of the two unrelated rock types. A possible alternative is that a volcanic **** has intruded into sedimentary rock, like the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, UK, where there is volcanic basalt alongside chalk. However I think with Phoenix, the chances of landing on such a feature must be millions to one against, so I prefer the first idea. I suppose there could be erratics deposited there if the area was glaciated during a warmer wetter period, but there are no morrains, drumlins, etc visible in the Phoenix images (this was one of the reasons I so waited impatiently for the Mission Success Panorama, as such features would show up). So I still prefer the first idea.I am not done yet, by a long, long shot. Will be back with more soon. Andrew Brown.  <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "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". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

neuvik · Aug 10, 2008

Thanks Andrew!    I did not have the image of the backshell for some reason heh.  Guess now I got to go back and make sure I have all their images. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I don't think I'm alone when I say, "I hope more planets fall under the ruthless domination of Earth!"SDC Boards: Power by PLuck - Ph**king Luck </div>

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Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Thanks Andrew!    I did not have the image of the backshell for some reason heh.  Guess now I got to go back and make sure I have all their images. Posted by neuvik</DIV>Hi neuvik,Really a_lost_packet should be thanked, as A-L-P provided the originals on my behalf. Yes that is, infact all of these are the best images I have seen of the landing site to date & I think will be the finest true colour ones from the entire mission unless another monster pan is made. The monster pan has already commenced but using all 13 filters, but may never be completed as the Autumn will most likely arrive first, but hopefully the interesting features (such as hills, boulders, etc) will be done in time. The backshell looks as though the 'cone' attached to the parachute is facing north, yet on the MRO HiRISE images, the backshell was seen to have left a small crater then the chute dragged the backshell several metres south before the chute collapsed. Wonder why the backshell looks as though it's facing the other way, to the north?? Strange.  I will ask the Phoenix team, see what they say.Hi all,Some more interesting crops below. Horizon & Hills to the WSW. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/6/06e333bc-b63b-4e93-8672-32b703ea5581.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Small 'mound' perhaps a foot tall, close to Phoenix. This really jumped out at me. A tiny pingo? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/14/b5f6ca95-e463-4c4e-ae89-bb95c445062e.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Hills in the WNW with dark boulders. Are they basaltic???? Is that hill a small shield volcano???? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/15/e34d7bfe-f79d-44f6-9fc4-0a86448187ef.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  BTW, I'm still not done yet by a very long shot. Andrew Brown.  <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "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". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

3488 · Aug 10, 2008

A few more crops from the images a_lost_packet did for me.Angular rocks, one very angular showing layering & Dodo Trench. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/14/6975e44b-e8fb-41db-aecb-b73ff8946316.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Evidence of layering slowly weathering out? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/4/65c6bdef-f65d-4e8e-9435-5e1e0782307b.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Heavage due to temperature fluctuations???? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/15/3957bca2-7444-49e4-bffc-960f55738d41.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  ENE Horizon. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/1/632ec7f2-f1e2-469d-b1c7-b1115489805f.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> Interesting rocks at about 126 deg Azm. Phoenix has also been imaging these during the 'overnight' & even Midnight period under the low Sun at times. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/3/b09fc25d-2981-4c08-a39e-8caa6d3d27db.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> I will be back with more. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/15/95a86d82-5ed4-46f2-9f93-4a7f6598387c.Medium.gif" alt="" /> Andrew Brown.   <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "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". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

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