Things are pretty quiet so I thought I might add this for those, like me, who enjoy anaglyphs

Not for too long.
Today, Sunday (sol 751), is planned as driving sol.

A martian?


Original image: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...3IP2353L7M1.JPG

Just a quick SFX while we wait.

Fullsize on my website.
Enjoy
Astro0

The latest pictures are down

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...8IP1312R0M1.JPG

Astro0, I love that.

I spent some time today experimenting more with anti-vignetting. Here are some Autostitched mosaics from Sol 751 using MMB anti-vignetted and brightness-adjusted images as input. On the Flickr pages you can click the "Original Size" link at the top for the 100% size versions. I *don't* know much about Autostitch configuration (and don't intend to learn) so the Navcam one in particular may be a bit off from what an expert would produce.

Navcam Sol 751 (incomplete):


Pancam (probably incomplete?):


Here are the MMB views:

Great "poster" Astro0!!

phantastic work again, Astro0 !

it's always amazing how your Rover-SFX bring "life" and sense of scale into those images

Does anyone have a reasonable explanation for the almost rectilinear appearance of the ripples in the far left of this image? I'm totally perplexed. It seems... unnatural!

David

aeolian?

Nico

I'm not sure which 'rectilinear' features DFinfrock is referring to. If it is the pattern of small ripples perpendicular to the crests of the very large drifts, this is a common result of changes in wind direction, seasonal or even daily. It's been seen frequently at Meridiani.

Phil

Great website! Wow...those really look convincing!

I too really like Astro0's images. They are very well done. I like the way they can take us back to different mission phases, a great walk down memory lane. And I had never been so aware of the value of seeing something familiar to give a sense of scale. Keep it up!

I just showed the Payson image in my Space Exploration class. It was well received.

Pil

Thanks everyone for your words of support and encouragement for these SFX images.
On my site you'll notice that there has been a heavy weighting towards Spirit images, but I am going back to look at some of the earlier Opportunity shots and producing a few views from earlier sols.
Keep an eye out for a new one of Oppy at its heatshield soon!

I have to acknowledge again though all the incredible work done by UMSF'ers in producing many of the backgrounds from the raw data, as well as for the various sources of Rover shots. Brilliant work!

Just in regards to the rover scale... the wheel tracks certainly help, but for some views without those references it's a combination of just looking at the various camera views and making an educated guess.
A lot of art is really just interpretation - beauty in the eye of the beholder so to speak.

I'm just so in awe of these two amazing vehicles and the human minds behind them.
This Martian "adventure" - and that's what it's been - is inspiring at so many levels.
I remember SS saying that while he wanted the rovers to help us learn about Mars, it was also always about education and inspiration to a new generation of space explorers (young and old).

The MER teams have achieved all that and more

Astro0

Hear! Hear!
And true art can do so much. In Opportunity at Payson Passage I swear I can hear Oppie buzzing and humming with a stoic yet eager determination! He can't see his ultimate destination, but he knows it's out there, and he has a will to keep on truckin' until it's reached. (insert emoticon for a little misty-eyed)

Note added: I haven't felt this way about a robot since Artoo Deetoo.