Speed Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) 12 (too much erosion marks on that crater) But what KIND of erosion is it? Those erosion marks appear to go uphill... doesn't look like water erosion to me... :D Edited August 16, 2012 by Speed Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The ones with clouds are probably Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEChengst Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I would say Mars: #2: Gusev crater, possibly Husband Hill #3: Meridiani Planum #6: rim of Gale crater #8: top of Burns cliff #13: Mars Odyssey picture of possibly active gullies [sigpic][/sigpic] PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 But what KIND of erosion is it? Those erosion marks appear to go uphill... doesn't look like water erosion to me... :D I may or may not be caused by water, wind causes erosion too and geology over the ages may change slope of the terrain, but heres another quirk: mars atmo is 1/100 th of the earths pressure, On mars craters last billions of years dating back to solar system late bombardment period, on earth they are recognizable maybe 500,000 or less, after that their round outer rim patterns have to be spotted by satelites. [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] My PC specs below:Case: Corsair 400C PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T) RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4 GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) So many articles I've read and only arstechnica mentioned the C.'s mission time frame which is circa 2 years. This was the very first question that popped in my mind after the successful landing. On the same track - does anyone know the planned C. mission route? Are there any topographical or quasi-3D maps of the C.'s vicinity? Edited August 17, 2012 by Bucic https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEChengst Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The plan for now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120817mslroute/ 1 [sigpic][/sigpic] PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The plan for now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120817mslroute/ Thanks. The picture in the article shows how valuable scale reference is. https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I would say Mars: #2: Gusev crater, possibly Husband Hill #3: Meridiani Planum #6: rim of Gale crater #8: top of Burns cliff #13: Mars Odyssey picture of possibly active gullies Kinda spoils the game if you give away answers that are obviously right, instead of just "Earth" or "Mars" :( Ok, these were the answers: 1) Earth 2) Mars 3) Mars 4) Earth 5) Earth 6) Mars 7) Earth 8) Mars 9) Earth 10) Earth 11) BOTH! Well, "Mars" is an acceptable answer too. This is a photo of Earth, taken from the surface of Mars, and what you would see with your naked eye looking up. Because Earth is interior to the Sun from Mars, it's an evening/morning "star". Yes, that "star" at the photo's upper center is Earth. In fact, if you examine the photo closely, you can even see the Moon- the Moon is that faint blip just below Earth. 12) Earth 13) Mars I tried to be a little tricky, especially on the last two photos. Photo 12) is an impact crater on Earth that seems to be heavily eroded, but it's not possible to tell the erosion type- in fact, wind-blown dust is much in evidence in the photo. Photo 13) is of a crater wall on Mars that appears to have suffered from water erosion in the very recent past, a very intriguing possibility. Note how the "water" (if that's what it was) didn't seem to make it all the way to the bottom before disappearing... kinda what you would expect if it was simultaneously boiling, freezing, and sublimating. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I may or may not be caused by water, wind causes erosion too and geology over the ages may change slope of the terrain, but heres another quirk: mars atmo is 1/100 th of the earths pressure, On mars craters last billions of years dating back to solar system late bombardment period, on earth they are recognizable maybe 500,000 or less, after that their round outer rim patterns have to be spotted by satelites. Actually, craters on Earth will often last a lot longer than that. The impact crater in photo 12) is in the hundred million year range, IIRC. The point of photo 12) was to try to confuse you into saying "Mars" because wind blown dust is in much evidence in that photo, and it might be thought that the crater's weathered appearance is due to wind erosion. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The ones with clouds are probably Earth. Mars supports lots of clouds. These are images of some clouds at night, taken by the Phoenix lander: More Martian clouds: F-n4f8IwBnM Later in that mission, it actually started snowing, but I guess it only snowed at night, so they didn't get any good images of it. They detected the snowfall with an on board LIDAR system. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEChengst Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Kinda spoils the game if you give away answers that are obviously right, instead of just "Earth" or "Mars" :( Sorry about that. I spend so much time gawking at Mars I wanted the additional challenge of guessing where on Mars the pictures were taken. [sigpic][/sigpic] PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Mars supports lots of clouds. What are the clouds made of then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 What are the clouds made of then? Water ice crystals. H2O. Mars has lots of it. Lots of clouds on Earth are made of ice crystals too- cirrus clouds, for example. Mars has them too. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Marcos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_atmosphere#Water [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weta43 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 From the curiosity site. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I see picture quality is getting worse. That one looks like it's moving if you stare at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Let us not forget that On 15 June 2012, NASA scientists reported that Voyager 1 may be very close to entering interstellar space and becoming the first human-made object to leave the Solar System.[3][4] https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Always makes me think of Star Trek... Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The V'ger are coming! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Is that a viking with a X-Wing nacelle on its head? Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucic Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Always makes me think of Star Trek... Funny thing is the episode with the V'ger was one of the few ST episodes I've seen, not being ST fan. Back on topic - I really recommend the recent videos on YouTube Nasa/JPL channels. https://akaagar.github.io/briefing-room-for-dcs/ F-5E simpit project https://forum.dcs.world/topic/318106-f-5e-simpit-cockpit-dimensions-and-flight-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) Is that a viking with a X-Wing nacelle on its head? Your Star Trek knowledge suffers catastrophically. You need to fix this... :P EDIT: But Babylon 5 is superior, and Star Wreck is the best! Edited August 20, 2012 by EtherealN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) A few days back, the rover made it's first test drive on Mars: Everything is working fine on the rover, except that one of the two wind sensors the rover carries was damaged in landing, probably by the pebbles thrown up. Supposedly, the only negative effect will be slight ambiguity in wind direction :) Also, the high res landing video has now been released: REnJZoxCLIw In other space news, on Sept. 4, the Dawn spacecraft, currently in orbit around the asteroid Vesta, is scheduled to fire up its ion thrusters and leave Vesta, enroute for the largest object in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn is expected to arrive and enter orbit around Ceres in February, 2015 :) Oh, and this is how we fix problem on Russian-American-ESA-Canadian-Japanese space station!: QMMGiBffvII Edited August 24, 2012 by Speed Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asparagin Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Some more pics for your desktops: (hope I won't get banned for posting pics from other sims :D) 1 Spoiler AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, MSI MEG X570 UNIFY (AM4, AMD X570, ATX), Noctua NH-DH14, EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti XC3 ULTRA, Seasonic Focus PX (850W), Kingston HyperX 240GB, Samsung 970 EVO Plus (1000GB, M.2 2280), 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 DIMM CL16, Cooler Master 932 HAF, Samsung Odyssey G5; 34", Win 10 X64 Pro, Track IR, TM Warthog, TM MFDs, Saitek Pro Flight Rudders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron886 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Incredible. Those are jaw-dropping. Thanks for posting mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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