epic picture of phoenix descending onto mars

[Jerry_111]

This picture of the Mars Lander Phoenix making its descent onto the martian surface was taken by the Mars Reconnasiance Orbiter, a satellite in orbit around Mars.

Check out the sheer size of that crater!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080530.html

 

[Muffin Man]

That's so ****ing awersome. I love astronomoy shots.. And fisting.

 

[Naudian]

Lol you said astronomoy

 

[lame-o]

Wait, it landed inside that crater? Or is that just the image depth playing tricks? Because if it landed inside that crater, the pictures show seemingly endless flat tundra without any rising slope whatsoever, so the crater is THAT big?

 

[kattmat]

It landed far outside the crater, the picture is just a bit tricky. The lander is actually something like 20 km away from the crater.
It's a fantastic picture anyway, shows what hydrogen atoms do given 13.7 billion years!

 

[Sulkdodds]

Son of a bitch!

 

[kineaesth]

Son of a bitch!

.Why?

 

[Crash]

Awesome...It's hard to believe they could get the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the right place at the right time and then get the picture at the right time. Here is another picture taken by the MRO of Phoenix on the ground.

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phoenix-hardware.php

 

[Shakermaker]

Awesome...It's hard to believe they could get the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the right place at the right time and then get the picture at the right time. Here is another picture taken by the MRO of Phoenix on the ground.

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phoenix-hardware.php

It's not that hard. They already knew what the trajectory of the Phoenix was going to be, so it just took fuel to maneuvre (sp?) the orbiter into the right position. I already heard on landing night that they were going to make this pic, so it's really cool to see that they were succesful in doing so.

 

[Cormeh]

Sweet!

 

[Lucid]

Awesome.

Space ftw.

 

[Shift]

Yep another opportunity to gather more space rocks.

 

[Crash]

Yep another opportunity to gather more space rocks.

But...but ....there is ice there....and...and...there might be frozen single cell life there...and that would make Mars the place where crystal skulls come from!

 

[The Monkey]

We should send a man to Mars ASAP.

 

[NeptuneUK]

Send someone to Neptune!


(so very alone.)

 

[VirusType2]

or a monkey

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Apparently from some analysis the phoenix has done it's found out the water present there (or that was there) would have been extremely salty, and those kind of levels of salinity would never allow for any kind of life to survive.

 

[NeptuneUK]

Tis pretty cool.

Apparently from some analysis the phoenix has done it's found out the water present there (or that was there) would have been extremely salty, and those kind of levels of salinity would never allow for any kind of life to survive.

This is not an attack on your statement, but on the numerous times I've heard it before. (saying how life can't live here, life can't exist there etc)
But that mentality has always struck me as very narrow minded. Just because life as WE KNOW IT could not survive doesn't mean nothing can.... Surely one thing evolution has shown us... The sometimes unbelievable adaptions some life forms have to live in the most unhospitable locations on earth!!!!


This is not to say I think life exists/(ed) on mars.
Additionally is there actually a reason to assume the mineral content of the water remained constant throughout the lifespan of the planet?? Exactly, no one knows shit about mars, but everyone is quick to jump to conclusions.
Conclusions that I agree with!!! Just I don't agree that the logic used is completely sound.
This post seems pretty pointless now.....

 

[Sheepo]

Wow. Nasa must have gotten a better studio.

 

[Beerdude26]

Wow. Nasa must have gotten a better studio.

lawl