[meteorite-list] Curiosity falling coordinates ;-) on Google Mars

[MexicoDoug]

Hello Martians

After all this talk about "landing" ellipses that sounded so Jamais vu 
in relation to meteorites:

Someone else might be interested in comparing the Curiosity bolide in 
parachuting freefall to the Martian surface - in Google Mars.  The 
exact *Martian* coordinates [using differential MPS 10 meter resolution 
;-)] of Curiosity itself imaged, which you can match up with the great 
HiRise picture from MRO of the parachuting descent of the Curiosity 
landing ensemble are:

Mars
4°32'52.02"S
137°26'48.63"E

Hopefully the landing site will prove more exotic than those 
coordinates on Earth 100 years ago.  Looks like there are a few bugs to 
be worked out with latitude and longitude - either that or Curiosity 
has landed in Indonesia, in the Papua province of the island of New 
Guinea, in the general area of the cannibals that live in tree houses 
known as the Korowai.  They live in tree house since traditionally 
those have better protection against the roving headhunters.  Such a 
culture, that until 1970 they believed they were the only humans on 
Earth... Hopefully the Martians will be better hosts for the human 
invasion.

Oops, I just changed my Google Earth to Google Mars (simply clicking on 
the little icon of Saturn on the toolbar and selecting Mars instead of 
Earth).  There are all my waypoints on Mars!  I'm currently staying up 
here in the northern hemisphere on the Labeatis Fossae among the most 
beautiful craters ;-)  Hope someone joins me; it's lonely on Mars, but 
strikingly beautiful in its own way...

Kindest wishes
Doug