[ExI] Phoenix Landing. Best. Image. Ever.

[Jeremy Webb]

Stunning!
 
Jeremy Webb
> For maximum OMG factor, see:> > http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/HiBlog/wp-content/uploads/PSP_008579_9020_descent.jpg> > The caption for that crater image is as follows:> http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/HiBlog/?p=190> > "So it turns out that the descent of Phoenix is actually visible in the> browse scale image. That's the image which is reduced in scale by a> factor of ten which eliminates a lot of noise. What's more astounding is> that directly line-of-sight in the background is giant Heimdall Crater!> Yesterday's image made everyone's jaw drop but this one is mind-blowing.> The tiny image below is linked to the browse scale image.> > This oblique view has been rotated so the crater is facing up. Phoenix,> caught in its Promethean act, is between 8 and 10 kilometers above the> surface, descending in the foreground at a distance of approximately 20> kilometers from the crater. It's landing site was ultimately beyond the> crater's ejecta blanket.> > The inset is an enhanced version at full resolution, showing some> details of the parachute."> > > > Amara> > -- > > Amara Graps, PhD www.amara.com> Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado> _______________________________________________> extropy-chat mailing list> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat
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