An Oblique View of Victoria Crater (ESP_013954_1780) Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Victoria Crater was explored by Opportunity rover for more than a Mars year; HiRISE images have supported surface exploration and contributed to joint scientific studies.
HiRISE stereo data were used to measure slopes and help select safe paths for the intrepid rover. The most interesting exposures of geologic strata are in the steep walls of the crater, difficult to image from the overhead perspective of orbiting spacecraft like MRO. However, MRO can point to the sides, and did so in this case to get a better view of layers in the west-facing and sunlit slopes of the crater.
Especially prominent is a bright band near the top of the crater wall, interpreted by some MER scientists as having formed by diagenesis (chemical and physical changes in sediments after deposition). This bright band separates the bedrock from the impact ejecta deposits of Victoria Crater.
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2 posted on
08/20/2009 1:34:54 PM PDT by
JerseyJohn61
(Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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3 posted on
08/20/2009 1:36:51 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
(One man, alone, betrayed by the country he loves, now its last hope in their final hour of need...)
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4 posted on
08/20/2009 1:42:52 PM PDT by
kik5150
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Joe, I started reading this thread because I thought it was about Victoria Carter and I was looking for the pics and all I got was a Rorschach.
5 posted on
08/20/2009 1:48:55 PM PDT by
nathanbedford
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Victoria Crater sounds like a porn star name.
6 posted on
08/20/2009 1:50:25 PM PDT by
SIDENET
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We now know Victoria’s secret.
7 posted on
08/20/2009 1:51:16 PM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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Can you see the American flag from there?
8 posted on
08/20/2009 2:00:11 PM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
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9 posted on
08/20/2009 2:05:41 PM PDT by
spokeshave
(Obama can't unjump the shark)
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08/20/2009 2:28:37 PM PDT by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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Stunning image!
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08/20/2009 3:06:34 PM PDT by
Daffynition
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08/20/2009 4:58:49 PM PDT by
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Absolutely fascinating...
21 posted on
08/20/2009 5:58:06 PM PDT by
Judith Anne
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When Richard Hoagland sees that pattern of ripples on the inside, he’s going to go pure ape sh*t!
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08/20/2009 7:04:56 PM PDT by
The Cajun
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