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“Esgaroth”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS_RtVrtX6w

“Lake-town,orEsgaroth, known fully as “Esgaroth upon the Long Lake”, was a small settlement and community of Men in the north-western part of the Long Lake in the Rhovanion. The town was constructed entirely of wood and stands upon wooden pillars sunk into the bed of the Long Lake, south of the Lonely Mountain and east of Mirkwood. It seems that the town’s prosperity was built on trade between the Men, ElvesandDwarves of northern Middle-earth. It was also known as the final resting place of the DragonSmaug, whose bones ended up at the bottom of the lake, and by whom it was destroyed. […]”

Music by Sojourner

(This song is called Empires of Ash taken from their same named debut album which was released by Avantgarde Music on the 25th of May, 2016.

Sojourner is an atmospheric/epic black metal with an influences of nature and fantasy. The band is an international band. The members are coming from Dunedin, New Zealand and Malmö, Sweden. It was found in 2015.

Here’s the current lineup:

Mike Wilson [bass | see also: Lysithea, ex-Undoing the Endetc.],

Mike Lamb [drums, guitars, piano, and synth | see also: Cailleach, ex-Into Avernus etc.],

Chloe Bray [guitars, tin whistle, and vocals (female) | see also: Aoroi, A Heartbeat Behind etc.],

Emilio Crespo [vocals (male) | see also: Nangilima].)

Artwork by Tina Marie Lane

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Mars Pathfinder & Sojourner Rover (360 View) Explained

Thanks to new technology, we can take a 360-degree tour of the 1997 Pathfinder mission landing site, including Sojourner, the first Mars rover. Check out this interactive YouTube panorama, and then…

…keep scrolling to find out more about each point of interest, how the Pathfinder mission compares to “The Martian” and NASA’s real Journey to Mars.

Yogi

“Yogi” is a meter-size rock about 5 meters northwest of the Mars Pathfinder lander and the second rock visited by the Sojourner Rover’s alpha proton X-ray spectrometer (APXS) instrument. This mosaic shows super resolution techniques applied to help to address questions about the texture of this rock and what it might tell us about how it came to be.

Twin Peaks

The Twin Peaks are modest-size hills to the southwest of the Mars Pathfinder landing site. They were discovered on the first panoramas taken by the IMP camera on the July 4, 1997, and subsequently identified in Viking Orbiter images taken over 20 years ago. They’re about 30-35 meters tall.

Barnacle Bill

“Barnacle Bill” is a small rock immediately west-northwest of the Mars Pathfinder lander and was the first rock visited by the Sojourner Rover’s alpha proton X-ray spectrometer (APXS) instrument. If you have some old-school red-cyan glasses, put them on and see this pic in eye-popping 3-D.

Rock Garden

The Rock Garden is a cluster of large, angular rocks tilted in a downstream direction from ancient floods on Mars. The rocky surface is comprised of materials washed down from the highlands and deposited in this ancient outflow channel.

MOAR INFO

Pathfinder Lander & Sojourner Rover 

Mission Facts [PDF]

Science Results

Rock & Soil Types

Thisvista was stitched together from many images taken in 1997 by Pathfinder.

Pathfinder and Sojourner figure into Mark Watney’s quest for survival on the Red Planet in the book and movie, “The Martian.” See JPL’s role in making “The Martian” a reality: http://go.nasa.gov/1McRrXw and discover nine real NASA technologies depicted in “The Martian”: http://go.nasa.gov/1QiyUiC.

So what about the real-life “Journey to Mars”? NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. Discover more at http://nasa.gov/journeytomars and don’t forget to visit me when you make it to the Red Planet. Until then, stay curious and I’ll see you online.

Ahoy, space pirates! Explore the 1997 landing site of NASA’s Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device. This 360-degree view includes the lander’s companion rover, Sojourner, (first Mars rover ever!) and top science targets.

I know not all Web browsers support viewing 360-degree videos and images. (This video best viewed in Chrome.) You can see and download the static panorama at http://go.nasa.gov/1TcjxuN.