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15 years 10 months ago #68799 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: Go Go Phoenix
Wouldn't it be great if it lasted long enough to see the start of that happening, cool !!

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Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
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15 years 10 months ago #68809 by Steve FLO
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Hi,

Superb image over on APOD today showing an aerial shot of Phoenix landing:

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080530.html

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15 years 10 months ago #68819 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: Go Go Phoenix
Hi Steve, thanks for putting that up.
A fantastic image, talk about plunging into the abyss!! :shock:

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor

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15 years 10 months ago #68820 by pj30something
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Such a cool image. You can see the shute,ropes,lander etc................

I didnt know it touched down in a crater.

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15 years 10 months ago #68821 by John D
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PJ it didnt land in the crater.

Though the lander looks like it might be dropping straight into Heimdall, it is really descending about 20 kilometers in front of the crater, in the foreground of the scene.


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15 years 10 months ago #68823 by pj30something
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Ahhhhh ok. i was right.

Paul C
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