Moment Frozen in Time: Sunset on Mars


	Moment Frozen in Time: Sunset on Mars

amgumen

5-5-2007 9:33 PM

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amgumen says:

Pay attention how small the Sun seen from Mars.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1d032e4-d6bc-4fbc-8f09-6dc946cf9546/600B93CF-8AED-4BFC-BF5E-4E52F569EC3C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub_800.jpg" href="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub_800.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub_800.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/img/C878E8D5-B002-46E0-9106-33A9471F8CFA" alt="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub_800.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html" href="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html" style="font-size: 11px;">marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html">On May 19th, 2005,  NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this
stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html">In this image, the bluish glow in the
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the martian sky.  Because Mars is farther from the Sun than the Earth
is, the Sun appears
only about two-thirds the size that it appears in a sunset seen from
the Earth. The terrain
in the foreground is the rock outcrop "Jibsheet", a feature that
Spirit has been investigating for several weeks (rover tracks are
dimly visible leading up to Jibsheet).  The floor of Gusev crater is
visible in the distance, and the Sun is setting behind the  wall of
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