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#1 2003-12-18 09:50:06
- Palomar
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Re: View from Mars Express
*Photo of Mars taken December 3.
Nice blend of Marsian day, Marsian night, ice cap (partial), planetary features.
::EDIT:: Disregard this link -- Shaun found an error; refer to subsequent posts:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Says Beagle 2 is scheduled to be released from ME tomorrow, 12/19...both will continue the journey separately.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
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#2 2003-12-19 07:39:44
- Shaun Barrett
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Re: View from Mars Express
All I get is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula.
It's very pretty but it's not Mars! 
[This isn't the first time I've had trouble getting the right picture. Is there something screwy going on with my server? ]
???
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#3 2003-12-19 07:47:39
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Re: View from Mars Express
All I get is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula.
It's very pretty but it's not Mars!
[This isn't the first time I've had trouble getting the right picture. Is there something screwy going on with my server? ]
???
*Oh good grief. I don't know why this happens with Astropix. I know things get mixed up if I make a hyperlink (or whatever it's called...it's the blue "http://" key below the emoticons in our posting options) to the web site, because the picture changes daily. When I discovered this, I stopped posting them that way, of course.
This is why I've resorted to posting the web address itself in the body of my posts. This method has been successful since then, except for now. It should be on the Mars Express article.
I don't know how this is occurring. Let me try again (will Edit):
::EDIT:: Let's see if this works:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031218.html
[now stay that way!! <grin>]
I may just have to wait a day to post anything from Astropix, i.e. when what I want to show is already archived. Sorry for any confusion...I don't know what the precise problem is.
Thanks, Shaun, for drawing my attention to it. The original link in my 1st post was only "good" on the 18th itself.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
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#4 2003-12-19 09:06:10
- Algol
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Re: View from Mars Express
the hyperlink goes to the pic of the day. If you want to see the pic from the 18th then you need to go into the archive.
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#5 2003-12-19 11:29:02
- Josh Cryer
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Re: View from Mars Express
Here's another fun view from Mars Express. 
Beagle 2 is on its way!!
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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#6 2003-12-20 02:27:01
- Shaun Barrett
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Re: View from Mars Express
Thanks, people, for clarifying the cause of the problem!
Now even I understand what was going wrong ... and my understanding of computers is limited to say the least!
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#7 2004-07-09 12:09:11
- Yang Liwei Rocket
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Re: View from Mars Express
poor Beagle oh well
Still more great info coming from Mars express
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/mar … ...Rim.jpg
The image shows a portion of the northern region of the Hellas basin at 68° E longitude and 29° S latitude. It was taken during orbit 488 with a resolution of 18.3 metres per pixel.
Have you got your 3D glasses ?
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/mar … ...Rim.jpg
3D anaglyph image
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did China build a great Wall in a day ?' ( Y L R newmars forum member )
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#8 2004-10-06 09:42:03
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Re: View from Mars Express
Another fantastic view courtesy of Mars Express.
The Grabens Of Claritas Fossae
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/marsexpress-04ze.html
additional photo releases
http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars … PZD_1.html
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