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06-01-2005, 11:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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NASA probe films something moving on Mars!
OK, so it was just a Martian tornado. But it's still pretty damn cool...
 video Wind-Driven Traveler on Mars A dust devil spins across the surface of Gusev Crater just before noon on Mars. NASA's Spirit rover took the series of images in this spectacular 21-frame animation with its navigation camera on the rover's martian day, or sol, 486 (March 15, 2005). The event occurred during a period of 9 minutes and 35 seconds beginning at 11:48 a.m. local Mars time, recording the dust devil's progress in a northeasterly direction about 1.0 kilometer (0.62 mile) away from Spirit's perch on the slopes of the "Columbia Hills." The whirlwind was traveling at about 4.8 meters per second (16 feet per second) and covered a distance of about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile). Contrast has been enhanced for anything in the images that changes from frame to frame, that is, for the dust devil. The dust devil is about 34 meters (112 feet) in diameter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL link
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06-01-2005, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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that is fuckin' cool
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06-02-2005, 12:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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My buddy gets off on this sort of thing... I can't wait to see his reaction.
 Seriously though, that is really cool! |
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06-02-2005, 12:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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 Sorry...that one was just too easy.
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06-02-2005, 12:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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While I don't want to see it... the funny thing is he probably will get an erection over this. He's Mr. Solar System... |
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06-02-2005, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Michigan
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It's simple now. Send Helen Hunt to Mars.
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06-02-2005, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chicagoland
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I, for one, welcome our Martian tornado overlords.
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06-02-2005, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I always thought it was Marvin the Martian that lived on Mars, not the Tasmanian Devil!
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