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21.12.2007 - The Mars trip
The trip from Olympus base to the Chasma Borealis Arctic Research Station.
| | Olympus base crater, a research base on Mars not so far from the Olympus Mons.
Local time: morning |
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| | Not so long after sunrise, a DG-S01 Agatodemon is standing ready on the pad.
The flight ahead is a simple one - go to Chasma Borealis ARS, check the Olympus Mons crater on the way, and look for anything strange. |
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| | | Take-off, and heading north, over the crater rim. |
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| | | The rim of Olympus base crater, a ragged mountain circle left after perpendicular high-speed impact in the near past. |
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| | Going up on slight slope.
The Mons ahead is above 20Km high, and the slope on this side is quite flat. |
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| | | Kilometers up, the sky is getting an orbital look. |
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| | | The crater is right ahead. |
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| | | Olympus Mons crater, what is believed to be the largest crater of the largest volcano in the solar system. |
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| | | A successful landing in the crater, some walking around. |
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| | | Back in the ship, ready for take-off. |
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| | | Flying north, slightly upside-down to use the nosedrops. |
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| | The camera left behind transmitted only one shot...
Someone is going to be sued for bad equipment. |
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| | The opposite end of the Olympus Mons slope is different from the bases side.
A near-vertical drop more than a 10Km high... |
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| | | Keep the north heading, the sun is sinking, the terrain is getting ragged. |
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| | A strange and unexpected formation is showing slightly starboard of current course.
Looks worth of investigation. |
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| | Course changed, going for the fly-by.
Some sort of a world bug, probably a MOLA data error. |
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| | | Magnificent and ugly, the bug pillars are getting closer. |
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| | Fly-by, the towering pillars are going to stay here.
Bug or not, they look strange enough to be left for someone to find and wonder. |
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| | | The snow is starting to appear. Carbon dioxide snow |
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| | The sun is almost set.
Only the snow is glittering on mountaintops. |
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| | | Approaching Chasma Borealis ARS, the high crater is still sunlit. |
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| | Landed on Chasma Borealis ARS.
The end. |
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