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Title: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Rhino on October 26, 2016, 01:34:01 PM: I've wasted a lot of time with this but I just can't look away:

http://www.360cities.net/image/mars-gigapixel-panorama-curiosity-solar-days-136-149 (http://www.360cities.net/image/mars-gigapixel-panorama-curiosity-solar-days-136-149)
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: tweeter55 on October 26, 2016, 01:42:45 PM: And now I'm not going to get any sleep tonight...Thanks Rhino.
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Rhino on October 26, 2016, 03:00:28 PM: I noticed that the Curiosity rover has no solar panels. So I looked it up. It has a nuclear power generator. No problem with dust build up on solar panels.
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: gPink on October 26, 2016, 03:01:59 PM: wow, did you see the bear?
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 26, 2016, 06:53:58 PM: No, but I did find the Yellow Brick Road..and some ~~Martians~~ Munchkins.

http://youtu.be/1cwCIkKFFR4 (http://youtu.be/1cwCIkKFFR4)
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Rhino on October 27, 2016, 07:26:10 AM: Quote from: gPink on October 26, 2016, 03:01:59 PM
wow, did you see the bear?

Does a bear $hit on mars?
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: gPink on October 27, 2016, 07:41:25 AM: Martian bears do.
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Conrad on October 27, 2016, 11:15:02 AM: Quote from: VirginiaJim on October 26, 2016, 06:53:58 PM
No, but I did find the Yellow Brick Road..and some ~~Martians~~ Munchkins.

http://youtu.be/1cwCIkKFFR4 (http://youtu.be/1cwCIkKFFR4)

Mmmmm, Munchkins

(http://www.dunkindonuts.com.pk/images/image23.png)
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Conrad on October 27, 2016, 11:15:38 AM: Quote from: Rhino on October 26, 2016, 01:34:01 PM
I've wasted a lot of time with this but I just can't look away:

http://www.360cities.net/image/mars-gigapixel-panorama-curiosity-solar-days-136-149 (http://www.360cities.net/image/mars-gigapixel-panorama-curiosity-solar-days-136-149)

Great post! Thanks
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Rhino on October 27, 2016, 12:46:22 PM: The thing that I find fascinating is that we'er looking at another world yet if you showed this to someone and didn't tell them what it was they would be like: "wow that's a desolate place, is that Death Valley?"
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: gPink on October 27, 2016, 12:53:17 PM: Same place they filmed the moon landing.
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 27, 2016, 01:59:12 PM: Yep. If it works, use it again.
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Bergmen on October 27, 2016, 05:33:42 PM: When I see things like this I wonder why in heck are we even thinking of a manned mission there? The robots are discovering everything we would ever need to know about the planet (and more).

I can see going to the moon (again), good reasons to do so, but Mars?

Dan
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: gPink on October 27, 2016, 05:47:09 PM: Oh, I don't know Dan....there's a goodly number of folk I'd like to see on a slow boat to Mars. :)
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 27, 2016, 05:49:21 PM: Quote from: Bergmen on October 27, 2016, 05:33:42 PM
When I see things like this I wonder why in heck are we even thinking of a manned mission there? The robots are discovering everything we would ever need to know about the planet (and more).

I can see going to the moon (again), good reasons to do so, but Mars?

Dan

Bars..
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Hooligan on October 27, 2016, 10:46:42 PM: Quote from: Rhino on October 27, 2016, 12:46:22 PM
The thing that I find fascinating is that we'er looking at another world yet if you showed this to someone and didn't tell them what it was they would be like: "wow that's a desolate place, is that Death Valley?"

I was thinking exactly the same thing, only difference being in the Karoo in the RSA, not Death Valley USA....
Title: Re: Mars like I've never seen it before
Post by: Rhino on October 28, 2016, 07:07:09 AM: Quote from: Hooligan on October 27, 2016, 10:46:42 PM
I was thinking exactly the same thing, only difference being in the Karoo in the RSA, not Death Valley USA....

Except for the blue sky and clouds, Mars looks a lot like the Karoo.

(http://previews.123rf.com/images/intune123/intune1231405/intune123140505915/28692874-Gamskapoortdam-dry-lands-Little-Karoo-South-Africa-Stock-Photo.jpg)