Missoula Archive

Missoula Crater on Mars

This afternoon I decided to hunt down any photography groups that met in Missoula. I was left aghast when my Google Groups search for “Missoula photo” lead to a very different kind of top result. I was pointed to a post on comp.robotics.misc about the Mars Rover. Nothing to do with my search really… I almost didn’t click it. Curiosity, of course, got the best to me and I found the reason that I was lead to that article.

“Spirit had a busy weekend, culminating with a 75-meter (246-feet) drive toward “Missoula Crater” on sol 103, which ended at 2:33 a.m. PST on April 18.”

Missoula Crater? What?!? Indeed. As in Missoula, Montana. A second quick Google later, and now I have the Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 4th, 2004 that features Missoula Crater.

For a better view, I suggest the true color image of the crater from Cornell (high res version.)

01.09.09 | # | Start the conversation

TED Talk: Francis walks the Earth

An interesting TED Talk that mentions Missoula, Montana.

11.11.08 | # | Start the conversation

First Meeting of Missoula Web Discussion Group

Last night was the first monthly meeting of the Missoula Web Discussion Group, and I had a great time. Several of my colleagues from The University showed up, and we seem to have been invaded by the staff at Modwest (who are a great bunch!) All in all, I think about 12 people showed up.

If you missed the meeting, we are doing it every month on the second Tuesday at 6 P.M. in the basement of Sean Kelly’s (Missoula, MT.)

04.11.07 | # | 3 Comments