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Article #249Re: the Happyface on Mars
From: Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x...
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:54
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:54
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In article <1992Nov1.232545.9121@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes: >Well, I'm happy, I received my Mars CDROMs in just the other >day. I like to find the images that show the "Happyface" on >mars and the Kermit the Frog. If anyone has either the Lat/Long. >or the image id of the pics, I'd appreciate hearing from you. > >I've got the both the raw and the MDIM sets. > > Well, I don't know where the smiley face and kermit are, but if the images you have are from Viking, I can direct you to the following picnell numbers: The infamous Cydonia Face at Latitude 41 N Longitude 9 35A72 and 70A13 The similar Utopia Face 86A10 'Islets in the stream' 4A50, 4A51, 4A52, 4A53, and 4A54 The Waterspout 775A10 and 775A11 or 77A10 and 77A11 (one is probably a misprint) And the ~600m structure on the blanket of crater ejecta (crater pyramid) 43A01, 43A02, 43A03, and 43A04 (Please note that the word structure does not imply unnatural origin.) The picnell number breaks down as follows: (orbit number) (camera ID) (frame number) Thus the first Cydonia picture above was the 72nd frame taken with camera A on the 35th orbit. Have fun! -- dsc@gemini.gsfc.nasa.gov | Regards, | Hughes STX | Code 926.9 GSFC | | Doug Caprette | Lanham, Maryland | Greenbelt, MD 20771 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "... The flames began in a prophylactic recycling center..." -- Newscaster in the movie "War Games"
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Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!nsisrv!gemini!dsc From: dsc@gemini.tmc.edu (Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x3892) Subject: Re: the Happyface on Mars Message-ID: <1992Nov3.145422.22900@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: gemini.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA GSFC CDP VLBI References: <1992Nov1.232545.9121@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 14:54:22 GMT Lines: 47