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PECORA ESCARPMENT

NEPTUNE RANGE

PATUXENT RANGE

 

PECORA ESCARPMENT, LUDLOW ROCK 85.36S, 68.30W

The link is to the Wikipedia page on the Pecora Escarpment.

 

 

"Pan sample of moraine. Sample from surface between large boulder-cobble pavement. Top of Brown-Schmidt Nunataks." Dwight L. Schmidt, 1963

 

 

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I don't know if the white object is a human artifact or actually a natural crystal growth.

 

 

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NEPTUNE RANGE, ELBOW PEAK

NEPTUNE RANGE, ELBOW PEAK 83.32S, 56.45W

"Soil sample W1-Nelson #1 nunatak. Pan sample collected on 25-30 degree slope on Dover Sandstone. Surface rubble for heavies. Suspect little or no morainal contamination." Dwight L. Schmidt, 1963.

The link is to the Wikipedia page on the Neptune Range.

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PATUXENT RANGE, SULLIVAN PEAKS

"Pan sample from moraine at 'Snowbank.'" Dwight L. Schmidt, 1963.

PATUXENT RANGE, SULLIVAN PEAKS 84.47S, 63.28W

The link is to the Wikipedia page on the Patuxent Range.

   
   

1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

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So . . . are the letter "S" and number "8" really there? Look at the 3X image above!

   

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The samples were on loan from the United States Polar Rock Repository at The Ohio State University.

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