Everyone needs a stretch in the morning, right? http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16087.html Note the sundial in the upper right. There's multiple of them on MSL, IIRC. Heard on a podcast a few weeks ago that Bill Nye the Science Guy lobbied to get sundials on MSL as a way of calibrating time and as color calibrating the cameras. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bill-nye/20120813-curiositys-marsdial-is-on.h... Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin
Daniel, I think it was moving to the tune "you put your right wheel in.. you put your right wheel out... you put your right wheel in and you shake it all about!" Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Holmes Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:48 PM To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Curiosity wiggles it's toes. Everyone needs a stretch in the morning, right? http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16087.html Note the sundial in the upper right. There's multiple of them on MSL, IIRC. Heard on a podcast a few weeks ago that Bill Nye the Science Guy lobbied to get sundials on MSL as a way of calibrating time and as color calibrating the cameras. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bill-nye/20120813-curiositys-marsdial-is-on.h tml Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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