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Old 31-October-2004, 04:51 PM
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Wonderful images :P the Mars Express has some amazing detail
but where's the rest ?
such a shame the Europeans don't update the image gallery on their site very often
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Tithonium Chasma, Valles Marineris, on Mars

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The whole canyon system itself is the result of a variety of geological processes. Probably tectonic rifting, water and wind action, volcanism and glacial activity all have played major roles in its formation and evolution.
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Wow, that's really nice. Is that a crater chain in the upper left corner? Or some other geological feature?
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These images have surpassed all previous images from other missions in continuous coverage of the illuminated surface, not blurred and at the highest resolution. The US Viking Orbiter obtained a few small areas sampled at an even higher resolution of a few metres per pixel, but these were not so sharp due to the close and fast fly-by.
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This tiny moon is thought to be in a ‘death spiral’, slowly orbiting toward the surface of Mars. Here, Phobos was found to be about five kilometres ahead of its predicted orbital position. This could be an indication of an increased orbital speed associated with its secular acceleration, causing the moon to spiral in toward Mars.
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Hey ToSeek welcome back to Mars - haven't seen you in a while!
I think I actually posted some rover info first....it felt....odd.

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Those grooves are amazing. Are there any other objects with similar grooves? I can't imagine where they came from. Roche limit issue, graviational wave resonance, Christmas ornament decoration remains? #-o
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Coprates Catena’s ‘collapsed’ structures



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On the valley floor, brighter layers are exposed, which could be material of the same composition as seen in other parts of Valles Marineris, where sulphates have been measured by the OMEGA spectrometer instrument on board Mars Express.
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Very nice picture! =D> =D> =D>


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I think the new images & the 3 dimensional details are very good


http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/...01-Reull_H.jpg

http://www.spacedaily.com/images/mar...-desk-1024.jpg

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/...ygensRim_H.jpg

http://www.esa.int/images/116-051004...1-Phobos_L.jpg

http://www.esa.int/images/136-021104...leCrater_L.jpg

http://www.universetoday.com/am/uplo...8mars-full.jpg

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Walls of Candor Chasma



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While it is unclear how the canyon system formed, it seems probable that tension and fracturing of the upper crust produced a widening of the canyon and subsequent lowering of the valley floor (a so-called tectonic ‘graben’).
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Happy New Year everybody!

I'd like to think I'm starting it off on a good note: All those perspective photos got me thinking on how it would be cool if the photos were animated. So I played around with one of my programs and...voila!!

Check out my video flyby over Ophir Chasma at my website below. I'm hoping to animate as many of the 3D perspective photos as I can using the same technique.

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Cool new pictures of Reull Vallis

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/...01-Reull_H.jpg

and

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/M...EQWDE2E_0.html
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Great pictures. To be honest, both areas where the rovers are now just seem so boring in comparison.

It would be nice to have a rover checking that channel out...
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The current rovers had a landing footprint that was too big to be able to safely target such a location. However, the next rover (or rovers) should have a much smaller footprint. There is talk of trying to get one into the Valles Marineris.
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Valles Marines would be awesome, or to see a surface picture of Olympos
Mons. Wouldn't Olympos Mons' caldera make sense from a geological
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Anybody here ever dream of hiking Valles Marineris?
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Anybody here ever dream of hiking Valles Marineris?
I am right now...... 8)

In addition to a more precision landing, the next gen rovers have a greater range, and can thus land in a safer area and drive to the good stuff.

Though I still have my skycrane jitters....



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Perspective View of Claritas Fossae

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The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft took this image of Claritas Fossae, a series of linear fractures located in the Tharsis region of Mars. It's located on the Tharsis rise, which is south of the three large volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes. It has linear fractures up to 150 km (93 miles) across, which were created when the whole Tharsis region bulged up several kilometres. The smooth surfaces are places where the area was covered by lava flows.
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The current rovers had a landing footprint that was too big to be able to safely target such a location. However, the next rover (or rovers) should have a much smaller footprint. There is talk of trying to get one into the Valles Marineris.
That's going to be a pain in the butt trying to keep LOS with the orbiters, unless the communications network they're talking about establishing with the current and upcoming generation of Mars orbiters can keep the rover in one of their signal footprints.
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I notice a dark spot at the very bottom of the picture. It looks very much like a shadow. Or a cloud? Or is it some type of artifact on the picture itself?
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The current rovers had a landing footprint that was too big to be able to safely target such a location. However, the next rover (or rovers) should have a much smaller footprint. There is talk of trying to get one into the Valles Marineris.
That's going to be a pain in the butt trying to keep LOS with the orbiters, unless the communications network they're talking about establishing with the current and upcoming generation of Mars orbiters can keep the rover in one of their signal footprints.
I don't know how big a deal it is - most of the communications is done in bursts, after all, not continuously. And MRO is specifically designed to act as a high-speed communications relay satellite.
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some info on Nightglow in the Upper Atmosphere

http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/i...20results1.jpg


http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16028

Airglow spectroscopy and radiometry are powerful methods for remote sensing investigations of the physics of upper atmospheres of the terrestrial planets. For instance, Martian dayglow spectra reveal the effect of solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation on upper atmosphere CO2 as a major heating mechanism and on production of an ionosphere.

http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/i...20results2.jpg

Implications for Atmospheric Transport
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ESA has posted new pictures of Candor Chasma

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/M...KC3AR2E_0.html
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ESA has posted new pictures of Candor Chasma

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/M...KC3AR2E_0.html
very good



have you seen these ?

http://www.esa.int/images/153-090205...irChasma_L.jpg

http://www.esa.int/images/152-090205...irChasma_L.jpg

high res Mars Express pic

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...D3YEM4E_0.html

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