Re: OR: Waxing Gibbous Moon

From: Gator Chaser ^lt;gatorchaser_2001_at_No-Spam>
Date: Fri Jan 18 2008 - 16:44:03 MST

I didn't know that a 'rupes' is a scarp.

Mark Wagner <mark.wagner@No-Spam> wrote:
Heh heh.... coincidence.... check out today's TAC home page image...

There are also 29 instances of "Straight Wall" and 18 of "Rupes Recta"
in TAC's OR archives.

Also fun to look at right next door is Rimae Birt and "the Corbra Head"
(three references to that in TAC's ORs)..... here's a very nice 10 year
old OR that half-way down the page describes it:

http://observers.org/reports/98.07.03.2.html


Gator Chaser wrote:
> Dave:
>
> That fits with the link Richard sent. There are two images at that website. One shows a shadow like I saw last night (http://legault.club.fr/wall_w.html), which makes it look like a ridge. The other image at the link shows it filled with sunlight, which makes it look like a valley.
>
> Very cool feature though.
>

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