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Troughs-Tharsis_Region-PIA04103-002.jpgWhat's inside the Trough? (EDM n.2 - Enhanced Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)64 visitenessun commento
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Inca-City-M0306902-01.jpgA true "South Polar Oddity": Inca City (3 - False Colors)64 visiteThe Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) has provided new information about the "Inca City" ridges, though the camera's images still do not solve the mystery. The new information comes in the form of a MOC red wide angle context frame taken in Mid-Southern Spring (Image 1). The MOC image shows that the "Inca City" ridges, located at 82 South and about 67 West (293 East), are part of a larger circular structure that is about 86 Km (about 53 mi) across. It is possible that this pattern reflects an origin related to an ancient, eroded meteor impact crater that was filled-in, buried, then partially exhumed. In this case, the ridges might be the remains of filled-in fractures in the bedrock into which the crater formed, or filled-in cracks within the material that filled the crater. Or both explanations could be wrong. While the new MOC image shows that "Inca City" has a larger context as part of a circular form, it does not reveal the exact origin of these Striking and Unusual Martian Landforms.
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Inca-City-AB107908.jpgA true "South Polar Oddity": Inca City (1)64 visiteDati contestuali di riferimento:
Longitude of image center: 64,63 West
Latitude of image center: 81,48 South
Scaled pixel width: 15,47 mt
Scaled image width: 31,88 Km
Scaled image height: 32,87 Km
Solar longitude (Ls): 246,89
Local True Solar Time (M.L.T.): 12,90 (decimal hours) such as --> 12:54
Emission angle: 58,14
Incidence angle: 58,59
Phase angle: 25,53
North azimuth: 250,10
Sun azimuth: 238,48
Spacecraft altitude: 3222,87 Km
Slant distance: 4167,30 Km
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North_Polar_Features-Dunes-MGS-04.jpgNorth Polar Dunes (Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)64 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Layers-Sinus_Meridiani-MGS-PCF-LXTT.jpgWe see the Island; we don't see the Sea... (Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia)64 visiteCaption originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows layered, sedimentary rock exposures in the Sinus Meridiani Region".
Location near: 4,8 N; 1,2 W
Image width: ~1 Km (~0,6 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn
Nota: titolo dell'immagine assolutamente autoesplicativo. Non ci sembra difficile vedere, infatti (ed a parte l'asciutto commentino NASA), quello che rimane di un'isola e delle stratificazioni che hanno segnato il lento ritrarsi delle acque dai suoi dintorni. Dunque la domanda : dov' andata a finire il lago (o il fiume o l'oceano) che la circondava?MareKromium
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Hellas_Planitia-MGS~1.jpgValley in Hellas Planitia (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team) 64 visiteCaption originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows a valley which has become partially-filled with material. It is located West of Hellas Planitia. The valley, entering the scene from the East (lower side), turns toward the South-West (upper right) and splits to form a "V". Partially-filled depressions are common throughout the scene, including the circular feature near the top of the image.
In each such case, the filling material is probably the remains of a material that once covered the entire scene".
Location near: 48,4 South; 318,1 West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern SummerMareKromium
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Hellas_Planitia-MGS~0.jpgFeatures of Hellas Planitia: the "Martian Freeways" (Saturated Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)64 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows an example of the extremely odd, seemingly scrambled layered rocks exposed by erosion near the deepest part of the deepest basin on Mars: Hellas. This pattern of eroded, and perhaps deformed layers was once exposed to the martian surface, then buried, and more recently exposed again. The story behind these layers is not really understood; some members of the MOC team have for nearly 9 years now taken to calling these features, "taffy-pull terrain".
Location near: 43,1 South; 307,3 West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring
Nota Lunexit: immagini come questa, a parte la loro intrinseca bellezza e la grande suggestione che riescono ad infondere in chi le guarda, hanno un Valore immenso.
Tuttavia, di quando in quando, qualche pseudo-scienziato dice che le immagini in arrivo dallo Spazio (TUTTE le immagini, senza eccezioni) sono "sostanzialmente inutili a fini di ricerca scientifica".
Noi non comprendiamo la ratio di questa frase che - onestamente - tanto "ad effetto", quanto vuota e stupida; per una cosa ci va di dirla: forse le immagini in arrivo dallo Spazio "non servono" alla Ricerca Scientifica. Forse.
Ma CERTAMENTE non servono alla predetta Ricerca degli pseudo-scienziati (probabilmente dei ricercatori universitari falliti o fallendi) che, quando gli "gira", proferiscono impunemente (dall'alto della loro stratosferica ignoranza) simili assurdit.
Vere e proprie bestemmie, insomma, specie se si pensa a QUANTE VITE e QUANTI SOLDI sono costate e costano le "scientificamente inutili" immagini che ci arrivano dal resto del Sistema Solare.
Morale: certa gente dovrebbe solo tacere, rivoltarsi nel proprio guano e vergognarsi.MareKromium
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Craters-Wirtz_Crater-MGS~0.jpgThe Dunes of Wirtz Crater (Natural Colors; credits for the additioonal process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)64 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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HomePlate-s1200095_home_plate_resolution_065mt.jpgHome Plate, from orbit64 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Volcanic_Features-Lava_or_Mud_Flows-00.jpgControversial Features of Zephyria Planum (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)63 visiteOriginal caption:"This MGS-MOC image shows a portion of a shallow Channel carved in the Plains of the Zephyria Region of Mars. This feature might be the result of the passing of either extremely fluid Lava or, perhaps, Mud".
Location near: 5,1 North Lat. and 203,7 West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1.9 mi)
Season: Northern Winter
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Craters-Unnamed_South_Polar_Crater-2.jpgBuried and frozen (2)63 visitenessun commento
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Craters-Unnamed_Craters-Syrtis_Major.jpgUnnamed Craters in Syrtis Major Planum (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)63 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows a portion of Syrtis Major Planum, dominated in this area by two Impact Craters of differing age. The large one is about 1,3 Km (approx. 0,8 miles) in diameter, the smaller is about 250 mt (~820 feet) across.
The smaller Unnamed Crater has a well-defined Ejecta Blanket and Rays emanate outward from its center. The larger Unnamed Crater does not exhibit these features. The larger one is older, and its Ejecta Blanket and Rays have been removed and degraded over time".
Location near: 5,4 North; 294,2 West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring
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