A friend sent this picture of Mars [Archive]

egarrard

08-31-2003, 04:06 PM

One of my friends in Nashville sent along this picture of Mars that a mutual friend of ours named Barry Poteet took. (One of the local television stations has been showing his pics for the past month.) I thought y'all might enjoy it too. Taken with a 4" refractor. The dark spot with the lighter circle around it is Olympus Mons. The bright area on the upper left is the polar cap.

Much better than my drawing...

http://www.cafes.net/egarrard/Files/mars-barry-poteet.jpg

tweakerxp

08-31-2003, 05:56 PM

That looks cool :D

marko3xl3

08-31-2003, 07:45 PM

Originally posted by tweakerxp
That looks cool :D

It is cool :)

Help Me! What's' a 4'' refrigerator?

youm0nt

08-31-2003, 07:46 PM

nice pic :thumb

WazLady73

08-31-2003, 08:17 PM

Nice picture!

Is that the polar ice cap there on the top..

Too bad I won't see it tonight. :Crying

Raining outside now...

tweakerxp

08-31-2003, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by WazLady73
Nice picture!

Is that the polar ice cap there on the top..

Too bad I won't see it tonight. :Crying

Raining outside now...

You're lucky in a way, I wish it would rain here, it hasn't in months :Nope

wazman

08-31-2003, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by marko3xl3
It is cool :)

Help Me! What's' a 4'' refrigerator?

Dunno...

But a 4" refractor is a kind of lens or something...

Anyway, the pic looks cool.

Grinder

08-31-2003, 08:58 PM

Excellent, space has always fascinated me.

Maniacmous

08-31-2003, 09:29 PM

That picture is awesome! Tell your friend he's awesome...and to see if he can get a bigger lens...like attach his camera to a telescope or something and get a wicked close shot of Mars...I should think it'd make a great background image.

marko3xl3

08-31-2003, 09:46 PM

Originally posted by Maniacmous
That picture is awesome! Tell your friend he's awesome...and to see if he can get a bigger lens...like attach his camera to a telescope or something and get a wicked close shot of Mars...I should think it'd make a great background image.

That's a good idea tough it would be blurry like and stuff. Maybe one from hubble?

SpaceOdyssey

08-31-2003, 10:36 PM

i wanna go there.

WazLady73

08-31-2003, 10:40 PM

Space has always fascinated me too..

Ever since I saw the movie "Space Camp"...

:luxhello

Maniacmous

08-31-2003, 10:51 PM

Haha! I remember the movie space camp...the one scene that sticks out in my mind for some reason is where Tate Donovan comes rolling up in his Jeep blaring the song "Forever Man" by Eric Clapton out of his stereo...dunno why I remember that, perhaps because its a great song by a great artist, but I dunno. :Holy Crap

marko3xl3

08-31-2003, 10:53 PM

*makes mental (and written sticky)*

Must watch Space Camp!

Edit: I got this unlimited Blockbuster rental thing *brag* so yeah :Blah

wazman

08-31-2003, 11:43 PM

Space Camp? Isn't that the movie with the cartoon guys and Michael Jordan?

Or am I thinking of something else?

marko3xl3

08-31-2003, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by wazman
Or am I thinking of something else?

I think you are thinking of something else!

I hate to remind people they are getting old!

J/K waz!

wazman

09-01-2003, 01:53 AM

No... I know what I meant... Space Jam... Never saw that movie either...

It'd be cool to go to Mars... I took an Astronomy class in college - I've always been fascinated by that stuff... Maybe that's why I'm such a big sci-fi fan...

But I think it would be cool to go there... Visit other planets and stuff...

thephenom

09-01-2003, 02:28 AM

Originally posted by wazman
No... I know what I meant... Space Jam... Never saw that movie either...

It'd be cool to go to Mars... I took an Astronomy class in college - I've always been fascinated by that stuff... Maybe that's why I'm such a big sci-fi fan...

But I think it would be cool to go there... Visit other planets and stuff...
Do they have internet access to post on 3GM while in space?:devil

Maro

09-01-2003, 02:47 AM

I did Planetary Geophysics once - that was Awesome - sadly just on Unit in a Geology Degree - I would have loved to specialise.

Has anyone read the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson?

Awesome series

:thumb

Grinder

09-01-2003, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by WazLady73
Space has always fascinated me too..

Ever since I saw the movie "Space Camp"...

:luxhello

Boy theres an oldie, I forgot all about that movie.

Good movie tho :luxhello

Grinder

09-01-2003, 07:16 AM

Originally posted by marko3xl3
*makes mental (and written sticky)*

Must watch Space Camp!

Edit: I got this unlimited Blockbuster rental thing *brag* so yeah :Blah

get Gone in 60 Seconds too, excellent movie...

Maro

09-01-2003, 07:24 AM

Originally posted by Grinder
get Gone in 60 Seconds too, excellent movie...

The Original?
:thumb

Grinder

09-01-2003, 07:34 AM

Originally posted by Maro
The Original?
:thumb

Both, I like the GT 500 (Eleanor) better in the latest one.

http://www.carmemories.com/images/dbimages/118.jpg

http://www.fadzter.com/smilies/drool.gif Mornin Wood. :KICKASS