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Marsoweb

Posted by michael on from the marzipan dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "Scientists preparing for Nasa's next Mars mission have created a website to help them choose potential landing sites on Mars. Marsoweb enables scientists to view more than 44,000 high-resolution images of the red planet; the images combine all the available data about the surface of Mars."

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  1. Already /.ed by seen2much · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't take long at all. Hey could the government consider this an attack on federal property? And if so, who do they raid?

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    "Beware the squirrels"
  2. Mars Face by naeger · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just curious: What happend to the famous Mars face popular in the late 80ies/early 90ies. I think it was just a natural landscape which coincidentally looked like a face on this particular picture because of the shadows. However, I haven't heard anything from the "face" for a long time. There should be other pictures from the same location by now. How do they look like? Are they on Marsoweb (can't get to the site it's /.ed)? Anyone with more information?

  3. While that site is down... by slipmat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you can fly around the proposed Melas Chasma landing site in 3D with this software.

    http://planet3d.demonews.com/PWMarsExplorer3.htm
    It needs a fast PC though.

    and here's a contour map of the Melas Chasma landing site (3Mb):
    http://planet3d.demonews.com/Melas%20Conto ur%20Map (200m).JPG