David Knisely
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Here is a VistaPro generated image of what it would look like standing on a low ridge in western Ius Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars (the view is looking east not long after sunrise).
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Mike Clemens
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cool  is it vertically exagerated at all?
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David Knisely
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cool is it vertically exagerated at all?
The vertical scale is approximately 3x what it actually is in order to make low-relief features somewhat more visible. Clear skies to you.
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Mike Clemens
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Love the beautiful morning low angle light on the south wall.
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novbabies
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Great !
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David Knisely
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Here is an image of the central mountain range Geryon Montes which runs down the middle of the great canyon Ius Chasma.
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David Knisely
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This is a better shot of the region from the north rim of Ius Chasma on Mars looking roughly east-southeast.
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DSalters
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Now wouldn't a Flight Simulator for Mars be wonderful?! It wouldn't even have to be actual airplane speed (that would be too slow), but how amazing would it be to fly through these features as you see them in these illustrations or in computer simulations on TV?
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David Knisely
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Now wouldn't a Flight Simulator for Mars be wonderful?! It wouldn't even have to be actual airplane speed (that would be too slow), but how amazing would it be to fly through these features as you see them in these illustrations or in computer simulations on TV?
Well, ORBITER can do that in certain small parts of the planet, but otherwise, I can "generate" flights through the canyon system using the software VISTAPRO (which was also used to generate the pictures I am posting). My favorite flight is "2 Minutes in Valles Marineris", which takes you diving down into Aurorae Chaos and flying at low level all the way through the main canyon system to a high final vantage point above Noctis Labyrinthus is just over two minutes time. Clear skies to you.
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David Knisely
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Here is a still that might represent a future "flight" down Valles Marineris from a certain spacecraft that fans of the TV series BABYLON 5 might recognize (a Thunderbolt Starfury). Interestingly enough, there is an "add-on" for Orbiter that allows you to actually fly the Thunderbolt! Clear skies to you.
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orionthehunters
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They have come out really well
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David Knisely
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Here is what it looks like at the eastern end of Ius Chasma as the sun is about to go down:
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David Knisely
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Here is an image from the north rim of Ius Chasma overlooking a massive landslide region where much of the material from the northern side of the canyon went sliding down into the lower reaches of the floor.
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David W. Knisely . . . . . . "If you aren't having fun in this hobby, you aren't doing it right."
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David Knisely
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Here is a little comic relief:
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David Knisely
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Here is a look from the "floor" of the region just west of the western mouth of Ius Chasma:
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BobinKy
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Thanks David.
My favorite is The Shadows of Lus Chasma.
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David Knisely
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Here is an image from a high "peak" on the west end of Calydon Fossa, which is a parallel "gash" extending just inside the south wall of Ius Chasma:
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David W. Knisely . . . . . . "If you aren't having fun in this hobby, you aren't doing it right."
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David Knisely
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Here is an image of Ius Chasma during a major dust storm:
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ForgottenMObject
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I like these images: even with the vertical scale stretch, it makes you realize just how tortured the surface of Mars is by our Earthly standards.
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David Knisely
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Here is an image from the north rim looking west towards the Noctis region:
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