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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 02:36 PM
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Very nice picture of Victoria Crater (Mars)
The HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a very cool picture of the crater Victoria, where the rover Opportunity spent more than a Martian year exploring:



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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/08/14/victory-victoria
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 02:38 PM
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1. Wouldn't it be thrilling to probe Victoria's secrets?
Um. That didn't come out quite right...


Oh, to heck with it.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 03:02 PM
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3. A geologist could spend their entire life studying it
Picture from Opportunity:


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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 08:36 PM
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4. Hahaha!
Nice.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 02:46 PM
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2. enhanced view



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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 11:55 AM
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5. You should really see a proctologist about that
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:40 PM
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7. We think you have worms.
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 05:21 PM
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6. You can see the rover tracks on the left. Cool.
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