Thursday 9 August 2012

I am trying to post pics of the Mars Curiousity Rover landing, showing the rover descending with a parachute (the pics taken by an orbiting NASA satellite)--truly incredible stuff when you consider it.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/578/cache/new-mars-rover-photographed-in-flight_57877_600x450.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120806-mars-rover-jpl-landing-nasa-curiosity-science-space-photos/&h=532&w=435&sz=26&tbnid=hugvtFg-Ds7-rM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=89&zoom=1&usg=__Y6wU6TMf-1ByluIlbfVrcUcBrfk=&docid=i3aEYGwYm-v55M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4K8iUL3JL-SSiQfymYDADQ&ved=0CFIQ9QEwAg&dur=1395

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/580/overrides/first-pictures-new-mars-rover-landed-parachute_58037_600x450.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/pictures/120807-first-color-pictures-nasa-space-mars-science-laboratory/&h=450&w=600&sz=56&tbnid=RaI1B26-ppy5hM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=126&zoom=1&usg=__C0QmV5S9w4mEe5PNIf-schnJzik=&docid=Z0uiui8g-AgT2M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4K8iUL3JL-SSiQfymYDADQ&ved=0CFYQ9QEwAw&dur=390

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.huffpost.com/gen/718125/thumbs/o-CURIOSITY-ROVER-PARACHUTE-900.jpg%3F4&imgrefurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/satellite-image-mars-rover-curiosity-parachute_n_1748991.html&h=506&w=900&sz=63&tbnid=dNOErC1pmMJE1M:&tbnh=70&tbnw=125&zoom=1&usg=__6mhs7iqYo6JlBJF7FzDIFfK_eN8=&docid=0h-7OqsRELvTjM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4K8iUL3JL-SSiQfymYDADQ&ved=0CE4Q9QEwAQ&dur=1085