Monday, November 22, 2010

Black Dunes of Mars

A mind-blowing photo from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. I love Mars.

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Obviously I haven't been posting much lately. A glass of water got spilled on my computer at home, so I was out of action for a while. On top of that I've been unusually busy with work. I may not be posting much until after the holidays.

10 comments:

  1. I'm not sure WHAT to make of those dunes, is that what earth dunes look like?!

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  2. Wow. There are more thing on Mars and Earth than are dreamt of in your Fantasies. Im curious about false colouring and scale for the image. Tempted to watch Sagan's Cosmos again.

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  3. Wow, makes you want to go there and wander around, see what it looks like at 'street level'

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  4. Im curious about false colouring and scale for the image.

    Amazingly, no false coloring. The dunes consist of dark basaltic sand. They lie at the bottom of the Proctor Crater.

    Each dune is slightly more than the length of a football field.

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  5. What the heck are those bandersnatchi doing on Mars?

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  6. Cool new desktop wallpaper, thanks :)

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  7. I'm glad Christian's reaction was the same as my first gut reaction. Giant liquorice slugs.

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