Re: Phoenix Lander from oribt!!!!!

On May 27, 7:19 pm, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>
Dr.Colon.Osc...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:> > Well its time for perjoratives,
unbeleivable!  You can see landing> > plume impingement on the surface
(looks like it came it from lower> > left, and what looks like the
heatsheild/impact area lower left)> > Yesssir..........Doc    http://
www.nasa.gov/images/content/230826main_lander-topviewcolor-bro...> >
Did you see the crater shot yet?:http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/images/
2008/details/cut/PSP_008579_9020...> (article here:http://
hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phoenix-descent.php)> That is a mighty good-
sized crater (it's around twenty kilometers beyond> where the lander
came down at, and is around 10 km in diameter). Should> have run a MER
into that thing's interior.> Has anyone collated the horizon glint
photo taken from the surface with> the backshield or parachute
position on the color photo you linked to?> Even minus the descent
photography from Phoenix itself, it sure didn't> take long for them to
locate it on the surface, did it?> > PatThe crater shot is one of the
most incredible shots I've seen in the history of exploration.  Just,
just just..........  I'm not sure if they have ID'd the glint yet but
soon come, soon come.  What I found is interesting is that in the
parachute pic the chute still looks reefed for what I recall is
supersonic flight. (looks like a inverted teardrop, certinaly not
domelike open condition)  You can see this better in the higher
contrast version of the same shot.  If thats the case they caught the
lander in the reefed condtion in a already small time window.  What do
you think the surface disturbance of the area around the lander can
tell us about landing and surface  makeup?.....................
WOOOOOHOOOOO...................Doc
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