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Quest Fall 2007 Challenge
Name of teacher/student or class group:
When writing an image caption, you want to first tell the reader something about where on Mars the image is located: Is it near the North or South pole, is it in a crater, or is it in a channel or at an intersection of two valleys? You should have answered this in question 1.
Describe the features in the image. How large are the features of interest in the image? Look at the browse version of the image for an image scale. Can you see different features at different scales (try starting from the most zoomed out scale and talk about changes as you zoom in)?
Next, pick out a really interesting aspect of the image and describe it. This is a good time to have a cutout, or sub image to show, if possible. Are boulders falling down the walls leaving tracks behind them? Is the color pattern indicating that there is frost on the tips of the dunes?
Finally, try a little interpretation and give the reader the basic idea as to how this area ended up looking like it does: Did rivers flow down the walls of a volcano carrying mud and water? Did wind blow sand into large dunes in a crater floor? Did mud cracks form from the surface going through wet and dry periods?
Take a look at some of the figure captions from the last challenge,
all labeled “Student Image of the Week:…”. You might
further explore the HiRISE website (http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/images/)
for examples that are similar to your image. Don't worry about technical
jargon, just give the location, describe some interesting feature(s)
in the image, and finally give some ideas as to how it might have gotten
that way or how the features might have formed.
May we have
your permission to post information in this report on our website? If you have suggested an image, may we have
your permission to post the teacher’s name, class, school,
location (town, state, country)? For example, with your permission,
we would like to add to the figure caption something like: “this
image was suggested by Mrs. Smith’s 6th grade class, Saratoga
Middle School, San Jose, CA as part of the HIRISE Quest Fall 2007
Student challenge.” If we post your suggestion or use
material from this report, how would you like your group cited?
you very much for participating in the Fall 2007 HiRISE Quest
Student Challenge. So that we may improve future HiRISE
Quest Student Challenges, could you please take a few minutes to
tell us what you liked about this challenge? What areas need
improvement? Any other suggestions or comments?
NASA Official: Liza Coe
Last Updated: May 2005
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