re: Thank you, Alex.

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Marcia — 7/9/2003 10:39:31 PM (archived)

Just by looking at this small, grainy image you can see that there are contrasts at work here:

http://themis.la.asu.edu/context/20030417a-context.jpg

Context image credit: NASA/Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Team

The oblique image by MOLA showing the different elevations/where these 'two areas' meet is wonderful. Yes, read and printed the entire paper.

Good luck to Opportunity.

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Hematite - Marcia - 7/8/2003 9:10:57 PM
- shame no-one here knows how to spell haematite ;-) - Tony - 7/9/2003 5:21:20 PM
- Great images and links. Thanks. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/9/2003 12:16:00 PM
- re: Hematite - REB - 7/9/2003 11:24:44 AM
- re: Hematite - REB - 7/9/2003 11:24:35 AM
- re: The Themis site is down now. *shrug* (n/t) - Marcia - 7/8/2003 9:24:23 PM
- Geologic setting and origin of Terra Meridiani hematite deposit on Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 7/8/2003 9:23:46 PM
  - "This suggests that Martian hamatite formed by a different mechanism than terrestrial BIF." - E.P. Grondine - 7/10/2003 8:38:19 PM
    - This suggests that you don't know what you're talking about. - Alex R. Blackwell - 7/10/2003 11:48:56 PM
  - re: Thank you, Alex. - Marcia - 7/9/2003 10:39:31 PM
  - MERIDIANI PLANUM HEMATITE DEPOSIT: POTENTIAL FOR PRESERVATION OF - BD - 7/8/2003 10:35:19 PM
    - re: Hematite and rock varnish on Mars - BD - 7/8/2003 10:44:56 PM

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