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Posted by: Nirgal Feb 12 2006, 12:41 PM

From time to time, the rovers are programmed to do beautiful evening/morning shots that have always been fascinating me with extraordinary contrast and
long, sharp shadows ...

Here is a color interpretation of Navcam shots of the now familiar Olympia Scenery. but with the setting and lightening conditions at dawn adding a new feel to it ...

enjoy

http://mitglied.lycos.de/user73289/misc/oppy_n701_col_c.jpg

Posted by: Nix Feb 12 2006, 02:45 PM

lovely! very inspiring.

Nico

Posted by: Myran Feb 12 2006, 11:08 PM

Didnt take me more than a split second to decide, thats a new desktop for me.

Posted by: Nirgal Feb 14 2006, 09:01 PM

Oops I just saw that I made a language mistake in the image title.
Since the photo was taken at 17:24 Mars local time it should, of course, read "dusk" instead of "dawn".
I just learned that in english one can say "dawn" only for the morning and not for the evening time of day (?) , unlike the german word "Dämmerung" that applies to both morning and evening ...

Posted by: tty Feb 14 2006, 09:34 PM

QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 14 2006, 10:01 PM)

Oops I just saw that I made a language mistake in the image title.
Since the photo was taken at 17:24 Mars local time it should, of course, read "dusk" instead of "dawn".
I just learned that in english one can say "dawn" only for the morning and not for the evening time of day (?) , unlike the german word "Dämmerung" that applies to both morning and evening ...

Posted by: Nirgal Feb 14 2006, 10:34 PM

QUOTE (tty @ Feb 14 2006, 10:34 PM)