Scaling and MER memory

dtb — 1/14/2005 11:07:33 PM (archived)

>Like I said, I've got to calibrate my brain to these images, learn the scales.

Heh, indeed. Remember about a year ago, when we all looked at that "impressive" outcrop facing Opportunity in Eagle Crater, and hoped it would be able to scramble up it. Until we all realized it was like 1 foot high.

18' Stonehenge, 18" Stonehenge, what's the difference?

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Surface image!!! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 8:34:06 PM
- Aaaaamazing! - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 2:03:18 AM
  - WYSIWYG - Nick Hoffman - 1/15/2005 3:43:54 AM
    - What? No wheels? Dang! Well, back to Mars... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2005 4:50:49 AM
      - Nuclear powered blimp.... - dtb - 1/15/2005 5:48:31 AM
        
        re: Nuclear powered blimp.... - LJK - 1/15/2005 3:59:55 PM
- They're calling these "ice blocks." - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 10:42:47 PM
  - That's the problem with you California residents.... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/15/2005 3:44:37 PM
  - And they are roundish - SteveS - 1/15/2005 1:23:15 AM
- Quick thoughts... - jms - 1/14/2005 9:59:10 PM
  - Drainage patterns... - jms - 1/14/2005 10:07:47 PM
- JimO on NBC Evening News - JimO - 1/14/2005 9:55:46 PM
  - Bumped to NBC News Sat AM - JimO - 1/15/2005 12:00:42 AM
    - Ran on NBC News Sat AM 7:30, EST - JimO - 1/15/2005 3:32:25 PM
    - A Titan about Titan? (n/t) - et - 1/15/2005 3:02:00 AM
    - re: Bumped to NBC News Sat AM - Delbert - 1/15/2005 12:40:23 AM
    - At least you wren't bumped by 900 bags of nickels - Fox - 1/15/2005 12:05:19 AM
  - Knock 'em dead. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 11:02:14 PM
  - re: From above it looks like Mars and from the ground...Venus - Raoul - 1/14/2005 10:01:18 PM
  - Break a leg, JimO! - Fox - 1/14/2005 10:00:00 PM
- Gaaah! All the sites are clogged! - LJ - 1/14/2005 9:31:54 PM
- Now *this* is a river! - dtb - 1/14/2005 9:19:47 PM
  - re: Now *this* is a beach! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:23:59 PM
    - EVEN BETTER - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:27:33 PM
      - re: Visibility nearly equals that of Mars. Thanks, R.L. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:48:35 PM
- COOL!!! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:19:22 PM
  - "shoreline" is the word used in this new release - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 9:23:56 PM
- Excellent ! - jms - 1/14/2005 9:08:17 PM
- Two shots I've seen so far. - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 9:07:08 PM
  - Here are a bunch of raw images - REB - 1/14/2005 9:07:54 PM
    - Your site was shut down- - R.L. - 1/14/2005 10:55:40 PM
      - Hah! I saved it as an "Offline file" in IE6. I can still look at the pictures off line. - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2005 12:23:10 AM
        
        re: Hah! I saved it as an "Offline file" in IE6. I can still look at the pictures off line. - Nathan Koren - 1/15/2005 12:44:36 AM
      - re: Your site was shut down- - Alberto - 1/14/2005 11:10:20 PM
      - It was the DISR team's site - dtb - 1/14/2005 11:03:08 PM
    - 1st glimpse of surface at no. 382, 1st on-surface image at no. 723 (n/t) - Daniel - 1/14/2005 9:22:52 PM
      - compare 721 to 723. Looks like it went splat. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:31:10 PM
    - Wow, whole thumbnail set! - dtb - 1/14/2005 9:16:08 PM
    - re: Thank you, REB! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:15:06 PM
    - re: Link - Raoul - 1/14/2005 9:13:13 PM
    - Look at 533, 535 and 529!!! (n/t) - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:12:46 PM
      - looks like an open water lead on sea ice (or a canal....) (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/14/2005 9:26:48 PM
      - Is one of them with the very bright reflection? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 9:21:01 PM
      - re: Look at 533, 535 and 529!!! (n/t) - OH WOW CHECK OUT # 564!! - 1/14/2005 9:14:38 PM
        
        Check out 202! Methane droplets on the lens? - REB - 1/14/2005 9:44:06 PM
- It wasnt expected to survive a landing on a solid surface (n/t) - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:04:33 PM
- Looks kind of like rocks in a pond, don't it? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 8:59:40 PM
  - Maybe rocks in a small patchy puddle (n/t) - R.L. - 1/15/2005 9:00:16 AM
  - re: He he ;) - Raoul - 1/14/2005 9:08:50 PM
  - I'm not seeing the liquid.... Sarcasm? ;) (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 9:04:01 PM
- JPL and ESA sites are down to a limping crawl - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:48:22 PM
  - Two agencies covering the same event - it must be . . . The Clash of the Titans! (n/t) - Fox - 1/14/2005 9:02:51 PM
  - re: from above - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:53:24 PM
    - Yes, I've seen these (and thank you very much!!!) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:58:27 PM
      - re: Can't see the ESA site... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:08:34 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:14:29 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:17:57 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... = I wish JMS or some other resident geologist would check that one out. - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:56:17 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... = I wish JMS or some other resident geologist would check that one out. - SteveS - 1/15/2005 4:32:50 AM
        
        re: Aha! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 10:21:26 PM
        
        re: ah... - jms - 1/14/2005 10:32:30 PM
        
        Scaling and MER memory - dtb - 1/14/2005 11:07:33 PM
        
        frdk - jms - 1/14/2005 10:19:03 PM
        
        re: frdk - LOL -No, don't give in... just look up and take a deep breath. lol (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 10:24:17 PM
- Great, more rocky rubble fields. - et - 1/14/2005 8:45:13 PM
  - Yeh, look at that interesting rebound structure right in the middle of the first frame... - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 2:09:59 AM
  - re: Great, more rocky rubble fields. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 9:00:28 PM
    - Lots of data to come! - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:11:22 PM
    - Carbonaceous grit? We'll find out soon hopefully.... (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 9:02:55 PM
- re: Surface image!!! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 8:43:41 PM
- re: Surface image!!! - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:36:04 PM
  - re: Is that the only one they posted at their site? (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:41:55 PM
    - re: Is that the only one they posted at their site? - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:45:56 PM

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