Comments on: Finally Home, plus News Potpourri http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/finally-home-plus-news-potpourri/ Biblical reflections on current events, the Church of God, and Tomorrow's World. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rakkav http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/finally-home-plus-news-potpourri/#comment-8335 rakkav Thu, 29 May 2008 18:01:44 +0000 http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/?p=383#comment-8335 Yes, I tried to correct myself (two or three times) after seeing that and other photos with their accompanying texts online, but this silly blog wouldn't let me do so. Maybe you were reviewing comments at that precise period of time. On my own blog a friend posted a link to Blogger's "Dark Roasted Blend" and a series of art posters thereon based on fractal patterns. Please track it down if you can -- the comment is under "There's nothing like a little perspective...". You won't regret it, unless you have to sacrifice time you need more for other things to view it (and be careful, those posters can be mesmerizing). Yes, I tried to correct myself (two or three times) after seeing that and other photos with their accompanying texts online, but this silly blog wouldn’t let me do so. Maybe you were reviewing comments at that precise period of time.

On my own blog a friend posted a link to Blogger’s “Dark Roasted Blend” and a series of art posters thereon based on fractal patterns. Please track it down if you can — the comment is under “There’s nothing like a little perspective…”. You won’t regret it, unless you have to sacrifice time you need more for other things to view it (and be careful, those posters can be mesmerizing).

]]> By: wallacegsmith http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/finally-home-plus-news-potpourri/#comment-8334 wallacegsmith Thu, 29 May 2008 16:43:12 +0000 http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/?p=383#comment-8334 No, it did not land in a crater. The text that accompanies the picture mentions that it only seems that way due to the altitude of Phoenix and the angle of the picture. As explained <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/images.php?fileID=9448" rel="nofollow">here</a>, the lander is actually in the air about 12 miles in front of the 6 mile diameter crater, "Heimdall." No, it did not land in a crater. The text that accompanies the picture mentions that it only seems that way due to the altitude of Phoenix and the angle of the picture.

As explained here, the lander is actually in the air about 12 miles in front of the 6 mile diameter crater, “Heimdall.”

]]> By: rakkav http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/finally-home-plus-news-potpourri/#comment-8331 rakkav Thu, 29 May 2008 14:34:40 +0000 http://wallacegsmith.wordpress.com/?p=383#comment-8331 You mean to tell us that Phoenix landed in a *crater*? If so, one sure can't tell from the first photos from the ground. No wonder so many landers have failed. Canyons, craters, volcanoes, rocks, metal-eating Martians (just kidding) ... even though scientists try to pick safe spots, just a good-sized boulder in the wrong place could ruin a lander's whole day. You mean to tell us that Phoenix landed in a *crater*? If so, one sure can’t tell from the first photos from the ground.

No wonder so many landers have failed. Canyons, craters, volcanoes, rocks, metal-eating Martians (just kidding) … even though scientists try to pick safe spots, just a good-sized boulder in the wrong place could ruin a lander’s whole day.

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