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Related: About this forumStunning New Panorama Shows the Hazy Distant Hills of Mars
This beautiful new panorama of the Curiosity rovers view in Gale Crater of the distant hazy hills beyond that seem to call out, begging for exploration. FINALLY, a spaceprobe takes a picture that shows Mars as it has burned in my mind all these years, said Stuart Atkinson via Twitter, who created this mosaic from four separate raw color images taken by the rover. The images, just uploaded today to Earth, were taken on Sol 50 (Sept. 26, 2012) by the right MastCam on Curiosity. This provides a glimpse at the depth and distances the rovers cameras can see, with those beckoning hills off in the distance.
Click to see the full, large view of the panorama. Almost enough to make you get those hiking boots out from the back of the closet!
Stu not only stitched together this image but also wrote a new poem about The Watching Hills.
An excerpt:
If youd stood here a billion years ago,
Perhaps two, waves would have lapped gently
Around your feet maybe higher,
Maybe rolled in slow martian motion past your knees,
And looking down youd have seen stream-
Polished stones swimming past your boots,
Tumbling over and over and over
all gone now.
Perhaps two, waves would have lapped gently
Around your feet maybe higher,
Maybe rolled in slow martian motion past your knees,
And looking down youd have seen stream-
Polished stones swimming past your boots,
Tumbling over and over and over
all gone now.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/97921/stunning-new-panorama-shows-the-hazy-distant-hills-of-mars/
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Stunning New Panorama Shows the Hazy Distant Hills of Mars (Original Post)
n2doc
Oct 2012
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Chipper Chat
(9,672 posts)1. Can I claim my 40 acres now?
Plus a mule?
Shivering Jemmy
(900 posts)2. Go ahead
If you want your mule to asphyxiate in the scant atmosphere
Chipper Chat
(9,672 posts)3. Oxygen tanks for mules.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)4. Looks like the Desert SW
Minus the cacti.
Javaman
(62,500 posts)5. Add some Cactus and some scrub brush...
and you have Gila Bend in AZ.