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Post by Marsrocks on Oct 18, 2011 18:54:16 GMT -5
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rdunk
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Post by rdunk on Oct 19, 2011 0:49:13 GMT -5
Hi Marsrocks! Yes, this is very odd!!! I did find it on Google Mars, but there are no NASA photos shown for this area. I am still looking! According to the Google Mars calculator, this tower is 3.5 miles tall, and about 1 mile square at the base(not really square).
That thing appears to be sold slick white. No guess as to what this is.
Very very interesting!
rdunk
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Post by Marsrocks on Oct 19, 2011 3:35:40 GMT -5
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Post by Marsrocks on Oct 19, 2011 3:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by Marsrocks on Oct 19, 2011 4:09:41 GMT -5
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rdunk
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Post by rdunk on Oct 19, 2011 17:18:33 GMT -5
Marsrocks, so far, none of those pic links work for me. I was able to download a 100+ meg file, but then it won't open because of file type. I know you are working hard on this too. I am now looking more to see if I can find something that will work.
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rdunk
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Post by rdunk on Oct 19, 2011 19:34:04 GMT -5
Marsrocks, according to the imagery data I am getting from Google Mars, NASA has not released photos in this specific area, if any exist. I have played with this a little, and I suppose it could possibly be an imaging quirk, relative to magnification/de-magnification. I am not saying it is, just that it is possible. Things in this area do change as you magnify/demagnify. I have brought in the Google "Sun time-of-day" feature, and that really does give us a better look at it. I will post another screenshot for you that includes lighting at a different time of day. Now, what do you think?? Attachments:
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Post by Marsrocks on Oct 20, 2011 14:22:24 GMT -5
rdunk, I can confirm what you are saying. I also checked google earth (Mars) as well for other imagery of this region - and none showed up there for me either. I used the ASU CTX webmap to locate the one I found - and then suddenly had problems downloading it from their site - so I searched for the same image number at the pds, and downloaded the browse image from there. global-data.mars.asu.edu/bin/ctx.plI've run into this problem before on searches - google earth often does not get the latest updates from the various missions, so searching elsewhere can give results. In an odd note, I once found reference to images that google earth said were available, which were not available for download from CTX. I contacted the CTX team, and someone (a very polite person) contacted me back- got it uploaded for me to their site in about a week. So, anyway, there are usually other sources to check - but I like to check google earth first lately - as it is easiest. By the way, the IMGs are huge - and I haven't had a chance to try and open them yet - but you can get the browse image from pds (also pretty big) - by following the instructions above. Sorry, I can't link to it directly. In order to open IMG images, use "Gimp" - (which is free software). Also, my check of the browse image I pulled from the pds did not reveal this oddity, though I may have missed it. I haven't had a chance to match up landscape yet to see where it should be on the image. It could just be a really tall piece of the landscape - but still - would like to confirm its existence with some original images. I could not confirm it on the HRSC - ESA search site of the area. |
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