That's cool and everything, but did you see the route it gives you to get from Tholus Summit to the Dunes of Rabes Crater?
On 3/13/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html > > March 13 > > Looking for Mars? Just Google It > > You don't have to go to Mars to get an up close look at the planet's surface. > > A new website Google Mars (http://mars.google.com) launched today > which would have been the 151st birthday of red planet-minded > astronomer Percival Lowell offers a planet-wide look at the Martian > world. > > The website draws its Mars map from a global mosaic of more than > 17,000 images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) > aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft currently circling the red > planet. Researchers at the Mars Space Flight Facility of Arizona State > University painstakingly stitched the images together into the > complete mosaic. > > The THEMIS camera can photograph Mars in 15 visible and infrared > "colors," researchers said. > > "Mars scientists the world over use THEMIS photos," said ASU planetary > geologist Phil Christensen, THEMIS principal investigator, in a > statement. "It's great that thanks to Google Mars, now everyone, > everywhere can explore this neighbor world using their own computer > browser." > > * Special Report: Odyssey Mission to Mars > > -- > Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; > and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your > opinion. > > Edmond Burke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199803 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
