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Originally posted by internos
Mike, thank you for the reminder.
I was looking for the caption of the pic and i found it today.
Originally posted by 1nL1ghtened
Top notch find as always internos!
Here is my take on the photo based on the topography and shadowing.
It appears to be a tower of some kind or building or beacon, with massive lighting, illuminating the object in question, when viewed from this vantage point.
Birds eye view... just my perceptions, it could be that model rocket I once shot off as a kid ( that never came back down! True story...) for all I know... Excellent find as always internos.
Originally posted by 1nL1ghtened
Top notch find as always internos!
Here is my take on the photo based on the topography and shadowing.
It appears to be a tower of some kind or building or beacon, with massive lighting, illuminating the object in question, when viewed from this vantage point.
Birds eye view... just my perceptions, it could be that model rocket I once shot off as a kid ( that never came back down! True story...) for all I know... Excellent find as always internos.
Originally posted by internos
Source:
www.msss.com...
www.msss.com...
Originally posted by Nyte Angel
hmmm, is it possible that those pictures could have been taken of earth somewhere, and in a slightly, how can i say this, FOREIGN area?
If not, great find and keep researching on this, your bound to find something worthwhile
Originally posted by Lunica
Originally posted by Nyte Angel
hmmm, is it possible that those pictures could have been taken of earth somewhere, and in a slightly, how can i say this, FOREIGN area?
If not, great find and keep researching on this, your bound to find something worthwhile
MOC stands for Mars Orbiter Camera. And as they state on the website, they have taken images of the mars survace.
But ok, no one can proof this
No one has actually been there when the Orbiter Camera took the pictures.
Lunica
MOC narrow-angle image M11-03874
Acquisition parameters
Image ID (picno): M11-03874
Image start time: 2000-01-27T21:15:31.63 SCET
Image width: 512 pixels
Image height: 2432 pixels
Line integration time: 0.4821 millisec
Pixel aspect ratio: 1.06
Crosstrack summing: 2
Downtrack summing: 2
Compression type: MOC-PRED-X-5
Gain mode: 2A (hexadecimal)
Offset mode: 38 (decimal)
Derived values
Longitude of image center: 188.85°W
Latitude of image center: 86.86°S
Scaled pixel width: 2.75 meters
Scaled image width: 1.42 km
Scaled image height: 7.15 km
Solar longitude (Ls): 290.70°
Local True Solar Time: 18.06 decimal hours
Emission angle: 0.28°
Incidence angle: 66.63°
Phase angle: 66.90°
North azimuth: 159.25°
Sun azimuth: 66.92°
Spacecraft altitude: 370.79 km
Slant distance: 370.79 km
Originally posted by MrPenny
I'll hazard a guess that the streaks in other parts of the photos are the result of windblown debris. So, I'll also guess that we are seeing additional windblown material? Don't know what, maybe steam venting or something? I think elsewhere on Mars, venting has been theorized to create some odd features.