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Space/Science » in reply to re: Endurance Colour

"approximate true color"

http://mars.magnificent.com/mer2003/Opportunity/094/images/Opportunity_094_EnduranceRim_1P136527627L_EDR_L356_web.jpg


Bombshell post, Nick, congratulations. The view inside Endurance is stunning; can't wait for the PanCams.

I was about to post the Lion King panorama of Eagle crater, and the contrast between the two is thought-provoking. Eagle is a kindler, gentler, crater, and you can see from the bounce marks in the panorama how the lander bounced around in way that reminded me of a golf ball circling the cup before coming to rest. Eagle almost didn't capture the lander. But nearby is Endurance, and it would've captured the lander...irrevocably. About now we'd be bummed out by a rover trying to scrabble up the steep walls trying to reach potentially fascinating outcrops, just out of reach. Your pics of Endurance remind me that we got very lucky that Oppy landed where it did. Things could've turned out very differently.

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