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furshur
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/14/2005 : 09:18:02 [Permalink]
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Too cool!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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GeeMack
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USA
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Posted - 11/14/2005 : 09:57:38 [Permalink]
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What's that I see in the distance? No... no... could it be? Yes, it's O.J. Simpson, Sam Waterston, and James Brolin! It's fake, fake I tell ya! 
Okay, all kidding aside, thanks for the link, furshur. Very nice. It looks like your link goes to the Astronomy Picture of the Day. There might be a different image on that page tomorrow. If someone misses a chance to view this excellent Mars panorama, this link should (I hope) continue to access the photo: Mars Panorama Imagequote:
Explanation:
If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? Scroll right to find out. The robotic Spirit rover currently rolling across Mars climbed to the top of hill and took a series of images that were digitally combined into a 360 degree panorama over three days early last month. Spirit was instructed to take images having the same resolution as a human with 20-20 eyesight. The full panoramic result can be found by clicking [HERE] and has a level of detail unparalleled in the history of Martian surface photography. The panorama was taken from the pinnacle of Husband Hill and has been dubbed the Everest panorama, in honor of the view from the tallest mountain on Earth. Visible in Gusev Crater are rocks, rusting sand, a Martian sundial, vast plains, nearby peaks, faraway peaks, and sand drifts. In the distance, fast moving dust devils can be seen as slight apparitions of red, green, or blue, the colors of filters used to build up this natural color vista.
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furshur
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USA
1536 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 10:01:08 [Permalink]
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Thanks GeeMack for updating the link to keep the picture current.
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 11/14/2005 : 16:08:57 [Permalink]
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| Good call, GeeMack! |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 16:34:45 [Permalink]
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| Nice pan. It's going right into my Mars folder. Now, if they'd could release the same in 3D. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 09:58:08 [Permalink]
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Just had to throw in this one too.
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 14:00:46 [Permalink]
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Hey, doesn't that depression in the sand above look kind of like...
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Chippewa
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 14:48:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
Hey, doesn't that depression in the sand above look kind of like...
Yes, but there's only one, so it would have had to have been made by a jumping Martian kangaroo. |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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