A Tribute To Mars Global Surveyor
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Craters-Becquerel_Crater-Layers-00.jpgBeautiful Layers inside Becquerel Crater (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)57 visiteOriginal caption:"This MGS-MOC image shows light-toned, layered, Sedimentary Rock Outcrops in Becquerel Crater , located in the Western Arabia Terra Region. The Crater may once have hosted a lake, into which these sediments were deposited. Although the fine, detailed layering in Becquerel was not known until the MGS-MOC first began to image these materials in 1999, the presence of a grossly-layered, light-toned feature was known from Viking orbiter images and was speculated from those data to possibly represent evidence for the presence of a former lake".
Location near: 21,5° North Lat. and 8,2° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Season: Northern Winter
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Craters-Becquerel_Crater-Layers-01.jpgBeautiful Layers inside Becquerel Crater: Human Vision (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)150 visiteOriginal caption:"This MGS-MOC image shows light-toned, layered, Sedimentary Rock Outcrops in Becquerel Crater , located in the Western Arabia Terra Region. The Crater may once have hosted a lake, into which these sediments were deposited. Although the fine, detailed layering in Becquerel was not known until the MGS-MOC first began to image these materials in 1999, the presence of a grossly-layered, light-toned feature was known from Viking orbiter images and was speculated from those data to possibly represent evidence for the presence of a former lake".
Location near: 21,5° North Lat. and 8,2° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Season: Northern Winter MareKromium
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Craters-Becquerel_Crater-Layers-02.jpgBeautiful Layers inside Becquerel Crater: Camera Vision (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)153 visiteOriginal caption:"This MGS-MOC image shows light-toned, layered, Sedimentary Rock Outcrops in Becquerel Crater , located in the Western Arabia Terra Region. The Crater may once have hosted a lake, into which these sediments were deposited. Although the fine, detailed layering in Becquerel was not known until the MGS-MOC first began to image these materials in 1999, the presence of a grossly-layered, light-toned feature was known from Viking orbiter images and was speculated from those data to possibly represent evidence for the presence of a former lake".
Location near: 21,5° North Lat. and 8,2° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Season: Northern Winter MareKromium
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Craters-Becquerel_Crater-_The_Bridges-M0400572-00.jpgThe "Bridges" of Becquerel Crater: The Area (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w CTX Frame)55 visiteQuando osserviamo un'Anomalia è naturale cercare di ricondurre quello che vediamo (e che è un elemento 'sconosciuto') a quello che ci è familiare (e cioè ad un elemento 'conosciuto').
Questo procedimento è molto comune nel campo della Logica Comparativa ed è alla base dei processi cognitivi che si fondano su semplici associazioni (di concetti, di oggetti, di luoghi etc.).
Anche noi - al pari di tutti i Ricercatori del Mondo ed in qualità di 'esseri imani' - siamo 'vittime' di questo approccio.
Però lo conosciamo e quindi cerchiamo di tenerlo nel giusto conto...
Ciò premesso, l'Anomalia che vedrete in questo frame - in campo lungo - e nel prossimo - detail mgnf - noi la abbiamo 'associata' a dei 'ponti'.
Inutile dire che siamo perfettamente consapevoli del fatto che i rilievi che stiamo vedendo, con ogni probabilità, NON sono affatto dei ponti, però... Però ci assomigliano!
Guardate Voi stessi...
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Craters-Becquerel_Crater-_The_Bridges-M0400572-01.jpgThe "Bridges" of Becquerel Crater: The Bridges (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame - EDM)72 visiteAllora, che cosa ne pensate?
Che cosa stiamo guardando questa volta?
Dei 'ponti' realizzati con tecniche a noi sconosciute (notate il fatto che alcuni 'ponti' sono perfettamente dritti ed altri leggermente arcuati...)?
O forse dei "tunnel a cielo aperto" che collegano insediamenti sotterranei realizzati nei rilievi situati ad Ovest di Becquerel Crater con le pareti esterne del Cratere?
O Vi fa 'stare meglio' il fatto di pensare che si tratti di qualche incredibile ed inspiegabile 'Opera della Natura'?
Rispondere, oggi, è impossibile. Ma MostrarVi queste Anomalie e invitarVi a studiarle ci sembra doveroso...
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Craters-Benedictus_XVI-PIA07838.jpgImpact Crater with frost deposits (Benedictus XVI Crater - Original NASA/JPL/MSSS b/w Frame)56 visiteLocation near: 37,5° South Lat. and 222,1° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter
Lunar Explorer Italia, in passato, ha spesso 'battezzato' crateri e rilievi Marziani i quali - ufficialmente - non hanno nome, usando un pizzico di fantasia e cercando di rimanere rispettosa della tradizione Astronomica e Scientifica in materia di nomenclatura. Oggi, 19 Aprile 2005, abbiamo pubblicato la foto di questo "frosty crater", anch'esso senza nome.
Ebbene, anche se la Scienza e la Fede sono Entità profondamente diverse (e sovente in disaccordo, come la Storia ci insegna e racconta) e sebbene Lunar Explorer Italia sia un'Associazione laica in tutto e per tutto, riteniamo giusto rendere omaggio in qualche modo al Nuovo Pontefice della Santa Romana Ecclesia e quindi battezziamo questo imponente rilievo Marziano con il nome di "Benedetto Decimo-Sesto".
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Craters-Benedictus_XVI_Crater-PIA07838-PCF-LXTT.jpgImpact Crater with Frost Deposits (Benedictus XVI Crater - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team) 193 visiteLocation near: 37,5° South Lat. and 222,1° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern WinterMareKromium
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Craters-Buried_Crater-00.JPGUnder the Sand (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)55 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows a partially-buried crater in the North Polar Region of Mars.
The circular feature is surrounded and partly overlain by some of the many, many sand dunes in the area. The steepest slopes on each dune — their "slip faces" — face toward the SouthEast, indicating that the dominant winds responsible for sand transport in this Region come from the NorthWest".
Location near: 76,0° North; 82,2° West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring
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Craters-Buried_Crater-01.jpgUnder the Sand (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)216 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows a partially-buried crater in the North Polar Region of Mars.
The circular feature is surrounded and partly overlain by some of the many, many sand dunes in the area. The steepest slopes on each dune — their "slip faces" — face toward the SouthEast, indicating that the dominant winds responsible for sand transport in this Region come from the NorthWest".
Location near: 76,0° North; 82,2° West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern SpringMareKromium
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Craters-Crater_Cluster-Meridiani_Planum-PIA07151_modest-00.jpgCrater Cluster in Meridiani Planum (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)117 visiteUna piccola porzione di Meridiani Planum, caratterizzata da un grande ed antico cratere (in alto) e da una moltitudine di crateri più piccoli che tanto ci ricordano il Cratere Endurance. certo, sarebbe bello andare a dare un'occhiata a questo strano paesaggio dal basso ma...Opportunity è troppo lontana e, in questa zona, quasi certamente, non ci arriverà mai.
Ma poi, in fondo, chissà...
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Craters-Crater_Cluster-Meridiani_Planum-PIA07151_modest-01.jpgCrater Cluster in Meridiani Planum (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)124 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Craters-Eberswalde_Crater-1-PIA04293_modest.jpgEberswalde Crater and Delta in HR57 visiteOriginal caption:"Scientifically, perhaps the most important result from use of the MOC on NASA's MGS during that spacecraft's extended mission has been the discovery and documentation of a 'fossil delta'. The feature is located in a crater northeast of Holden Crater, near 24,0° South Latitude and 33,7° West Longitude. Since the announcement of the discovery of the delta in November 2003, the International Astronomical Union has provided a provisional name (pending final approval) for the crater in which the landforms occur.
The crater has been named Eberswalde (a German town).
This image offers a HR view of a portion of the fossil delta than any seen earlier. North is up. At the bottom of the frame, the image includes the north end of a looping, inverted, meandering channel. The image covers an area of about 3 by 3 Km (about 1,9x1,9 miles). It was produced using a technique called "compensated pitch and roll targeted observation," in which the rotation rate of the spacecraft is adjusted to match the ground speed under the camera. At full resolution, this map-projected image is at 50 centimeters (20 inches) per pixel".
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