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MOLA?
Or,... maybe MOLA data already exists?
pb
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5/29/2007 7:20:52 AM
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For any or all of the hole locations, and just needs to be dug up?
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A plain in Mars, nothing special....and then..ooops,a whole!!
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Raoul
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5/26/2007 8:04:56 PM
The secret entrance to the Martian Underground...
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SDAI-Tech1
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6/2/2007 8:35:36 PM
Up to now....
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Raoul
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6/2/2007 11:44:42 PM
re: A plain in Mars, nothing special....and then..ooops,a whole!!
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TAFKASE
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6/1/2007 9:17:18 PM
Digital Mirage
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nick hoffman
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5/30/2007 1:24:21 AM
OK, I'm wrong
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nick hoffman
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6/5/2007 8:37:03 AM
Thanks!
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TB
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6/5/2007 4:08:53 PM
re: Digital Mirage
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Buck Galaxy
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5/31/2007 6:03:58 AM
re: Digital Mirage
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excentryk
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5/30/2007 11:19:51 PM
re: Digital Mirage - confirmation
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nick hoffman
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5/30/2007 6:45:39 AM
The plot thickens...
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nick hoffman
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5/31/2007 12:45:48 PM
We might be making too much of this
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TB
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5/31/2007 4:32:27 PM
Apparently there are plans to picture the same area...
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Raoul
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6/3/2007 6:20:54 PM
re: We might be making too much of this
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N R A Hoffman
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5/31/2007 11:45:22 PM
I can not find an MOC image for those exact coordinates.
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REB
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5/31/2007 6:46:36 PM
I am searching through the MOC files for it. I found another one very close to it.
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REB
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5/31/2007 5:57:40 PM
And notice that dark layering in those collapsed lava tubes.
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REB
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5/31/2007 6:06:37 PM
re: Lots of relief, etc..,
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Raoul
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5/30/2007 5:37:58 AM
re: Lots of relief, etc..,
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Marcia
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6/1/2007 1:46:52 AM
I don't think so...
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TB
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5/30/2007 4:27:49 AM
re: I don't think so...
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nick hoffman
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5/30/2007 5:51:43 AM
Try OpenEV.
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Robert Clark
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5/30/2007 7:10:43 PM
re: I don't think so...
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TB
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5/30/2007 5:53:10 PM
re: I don't think so...
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REB
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5/30/2007 3:36:30 PM
Sunlit floor of proposed skylight Dena (8.5 mb)
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pb
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5/30/2007 2:56:21 AM
"Dena" is a little different.
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nick hoffman
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5/30/2007 3:32:31 AM
Thanks
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pb
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5/30/2007 4:30:31 AM
This is probably the most fascinating mars picture I have seen yet...
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Arrell
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5/29/2007 6:50:31 PM
Does it still look like a HOLE??? (image enhanced)
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Raoul
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5/28/2007 8:18:51 AM
terraces
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nick hoffman
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5/30/2007 5:56:29 AM
As you pointed out in another post...
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TB
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5/28/2007 4:47:34 PM
Maybe it is a liquid.
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Lee
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5/28/2007 7:05:35 PM
How about once liquid?
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REB
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5/29/2007 12:57:31 PM
re: How about once liquid?
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Marcia
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6/1/2007 2:05:21 AM
Very white ice cap covering a hot spring?
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REB
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6/1/2007 1:46:08 PM
A volcanic crater filled with obsidian would be cool.
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Lee
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5/29/2007 6:53:23 PM
These holes should be a top priority for Scout or New Horizon type missions
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Buck Galaxy
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5/27/2007 9:16:38 PM
Short Scientific paper on the Martian holes
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folcwine
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5/27/2007 12:54:53 AM
Could multicellular life exist in such caves?
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Robert Clark
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5/29/2007 2:50:42 PM
re: The hole is in APOD, today!
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Raoul
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5/28/2007 8:36:23 AM
re: The hole is in APOD, today! - It's not just the large one, but there are a few other smaller ones.
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Marcia
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5/28/2007 5:04:30 PM
Maybe it's one huge cavern with several holes....
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Raoul
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5/28/2007 5:45:14 PM
re: Maybe it's one huge cavern with several holes.... yes.
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Marcia
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5/28/2007 6:18:38 PM
re: The hole is in APOD, today! - It's possible that...
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Marcia
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5/28/2007 5:17:20 PM
MOC image of sun lit floor of Dena
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pb
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5/27/2007 8:32:47 AM
Found it (8.5 mb)
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pb
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5/30/2007 2:57:51 AM
It's the shadow of Phobos.
(n/t)
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Lee
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5/26/2007 10:25:41 PM
It shows a real rim on the closeup photos. Just no bottom.
(n/t)
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TB
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5/26/2007 10:55:32 PM
Yeah, I noticed that after I posted.
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Lee
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5/27/2007 2:06:07 AM
And that's not the only one
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TB
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5/26/2007 9:52:38 PM
re: A plain "on" Mars...
(n/t)
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Raoul
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5/26/2007 8:06:01 PM
RE:That's really incredible - Daniel - 5/26/2007 1:17:26 PM
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Ted Ferdinand
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5/30/2007 5:11:34 AM
That's really incredible
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Daniel
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5/26/2007 8:17:26 PM
Several mysteries discussed
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Raoul
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5/28/2007 7:44:42 AM
Fascinating! Potential for a human base there?
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Buck Galaxy
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5/26/2007 9:22:16 PM
re: Potential for a human base there?
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TB
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5/26/2007 9:57:23 PM
Can we learn anything by hitting it with radar?
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TB
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5/26/2007 9:46:07 PM
MOLA?
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pb
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5/27/2007 9:19:02 AM
Or,... maybe MOLA data already exists?
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pb
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5/29/2007 7:20:52 AM
re: Sun overhead
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Raoul
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5/27/2007 8:19:28 AM
So who will be the first to go in there?
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richard
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5/27/2007 6:51:39 PM
Likely a mountain climber robot with a harpoon
(n/t)
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Raoul
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5/27/2007 7:08:31 PM
Why not a MER?
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Lee
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5/27/2007 8:21:39 PM
MERs should be standard equipment.
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Lee
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5/27/2007 10:47:30 PM
Where would it get its energy if the Sun doesn't shine in the hole?
(n/t)
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Raoul
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5/29/2007 7:32:26 AM
The MER wouldn't go into the hole.
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Lee
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5/29/2007 11:21:23 AM
MER would make a good platform
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Fox
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5/30/2007 4:00:19 AM
Good idea except make it of the Pathfinder class.
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Robert Clark
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5/29/2007 2:05:39 PM
It didn't last very long and Sojourner also had solar panels
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Raoul
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5/29/2007 4:03:45 PM
The trick will be finding a wench who's any good at fishing.
(n/t)
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TB
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5/27/2007 10:35:41 PM
I'd prefer a mermaid over a sea hag. ;)
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Lee
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5/27/2007 10:50:39 PM
A good idea
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Buck Galaxy
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5/27/2007 9:10:19 PM
Water?
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Jeff F
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5/27/2007 8:12:40 PM
re: Water?
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Jeff F
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5/27/2007 8:13:17 PM
No radar image
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Raoul
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5/27/2007 10:26:32 PM
re: No radar image
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ed
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6/10/2007 2:14:02 AM
The first (an last) words of the first astronaut to come upon the Hole of Mars
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edgar
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5/28/2007 9:45:39 PM
"My god ... it's full of stars!"
(n/t)
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D
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5/31/2007 3:45:59 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.