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Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
The image you show above looks exactly like what you would expect if it were etched electrically (or if water erosion due to a torrent eroded the soil).
Originally posted by ArMaP
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
The image you show above looks exactly like what you would expect if it were etched electrically (or if water erosion due to a torrent eroded the soil).
See it at its full resolution and tell us if you still think the same about it.
Photo PSP_006270_0955
On that site you can see several photos like that, just search for Swiss Cheese.
Sol 1064: Opportunity drove 4.21 meters (13.8 feet) around the Bay of Toil toward Cape Desire. The drive included a test to allow the rover to make unique track patterns for better determination of its position. The drive test had two legs: one in which the rover dragged the right front wheel for 5 centimeters (2 inches) and then drove on all 6 wheels for 55 centimeters (1.8 feet), and a second in which the rover drove 60 centimeters (24 inches) and then spun both front wheels 23 degrees, or approximately 5 centimeters (2 inches).
Sol 1066: Opportunity drove 25.38 meters (83.27 feet) away from the rim of Victoria Crater to continue testing and determining the best method for visual odometry -- determining the precise position by imaging the rover's tracks. The rover did a series of 5 tests, each covering 5 centimeters (2 inches) and each designed to produce a different pattern in the tracks. All of the driving was backward. During the first test, the rover created scuffs with both front wheels. During the second test, the rover wiggled the left wheel and scuffed with the right wheel. The third test was a "drunken sailor" test in which the rover drove in small curves. During the fourth test, the rover turned in place 10 degrees at specific intervals, or "steps." The fifth test was a combination of the previous four tests. www.jpl.nasa.gov...
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
In my mind there are two schools of thought that satisfy my questions re: Aristarchus.
1. It is a reactor. This may be more far fetched, but given the strangeness of the moon and its fabled history, it is a possibility I will not rule out. Maybe not even a reactor in a classical sense....perhaps a better terms would be "power supply".