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Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:12 am
by DeltaV
A better job of image processing (got too wild with the resampling last time).
Conventional interpretation 1: An arc-shaped chunk of surface got shifted to inside the crater perimeter some time after impact (quake?).
Fringe interpretation 1: The mined material (H2O?) was moved along the curved ramp to the loading platform for stowage, prior to lift-off.
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:27 pm
by KitemanSA
It is not a crater, it is the dome of a large airlock. You can also see the hinge at ~5:00 position and the locking mechanism along the right hand side.
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:52 pm
by choff
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:34 pm
by DeltaV
Don't forget the fossilized iguana and phaser rifle to the right of the spoon:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images ... 1_DXXX.jpg
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 2:48 am
by DeltaV
The "crab" someone found a month or so ago (~1/5 width from right, ~1/3 height from bottom):
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images ... 1_DXXX.jpg
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:45 pm
by DeltaV
Another botched landing on Ceres. Only a tail fin remains...
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:27 pm
by DeltaV
OK, the final enhancement (until low altitude orbit data arrives) of the strip mine on Ceres, engineered by fugitive Third Reich Space Nazis.
(
Why does it always have to be
Aliens?... reference -
A.C.Clarke's "Postage Stamp" analogy - "Where’s Everybody?").
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:36 pm
by ladajo
That is just plain weird.
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:12 pm
by DeltaV
Now that Dawn has been in a Low Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) for weeks, it's hard to understand why this has not been made a high-priority imaging target. They've probably moved the "loader" on the curved ramp back into its bunker by now... :(
http://i.imgur.com/HGvKJOt.gifv
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:47 pm
by choff
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:12 am
by DeltaV
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Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:59 pm
by DeltaV
DeltaV wrote:Now that Dawn has been in a Low Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) for weeks, it's hard to understand why this has not been made a high-priority imaging target. They've probably moved the "loader" on the curved ramp back into its bunker by now... :(
DANG! Too late...
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/1820.pdf
Re: Weird space stuff
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:07 pm
by choff