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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:33 PM
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Stunning 3D photos show the Red Planet's mountain ranges for the first time
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=556971&in_page_id=1770

Life on Mars: Stunning 3D photos show the Red Planet's mountain ranges for the first time
Last updated at 15:10pm on 4th April 2008
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These stunning pictures reveal for the first time the planet Mars's stunning mountain landscape.

The 3D photographs were taken by a high resolution stereo camera on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter and beamed 43million miles to Earth.

They show Hebes Chasma, an enclosed trough, almost five miles deep, in the Grand Canyon of the Red Planet.
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:36 PM
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1. Very Cool!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:36 PM
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2. Whoa!
Coooooooooooooooooooooooooool!
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:38 PM
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3. Sweet.
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:39 PM
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4. Great Photos!
It is truly something to get pictures with this much detail.

Good find G_j!
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:40 PM
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5. Wow. Those are some awsome pictures.
Looks like a huge sink hole. Amazing.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 10:58 PM
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11. Which one are you talking about?

The hole on Mars, or this sinkhole which was right next to the pictures from mars?
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 11:46 PM
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12. You are a bad person.
:rofl:
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:47 AM
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15. That shot is eye candy for some of us!
But the Mars shots are cool too. A twofer!
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east texas lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 08:42 PM
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6. Awesome detail!
Beautiful!
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 09:12 PM
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7. Loved the photos!
Very cool!
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 10:22 PM
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8. Cool photos!
I also read the story about the anorexic teenager...
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 10:34 PM
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9. Well ? .. Let's show some of those mountain ranges ...


The Hebes Chasma
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 10:37 PM
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10. And Another ...


Stunning is right ....
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 11:57 PM
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13. Looks more like strip mining activity than it does a mountain range, IMHO...
wonder what could be used from there for energy sources, metals, etc.?
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:17 AM
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14. kick
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 01:31 PM
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16. and another kick to help you out...
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:28 PM
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21. thanks! n/t
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 01:09 PM
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22. No problem.. here's another one... just because they're really cool pics
:kick:
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 01:39 PM
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17. Wow
How cool.
I wish I knew more about geology. It looks like they could be formed from water, don't they?
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 01:40 PM
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18. k&r - feckin' awesome!
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BigBluenoser Donating Member (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:24 PM
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19. Wowsers & kick!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:31 PM
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20. I think it's really Utah.
;-)
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