“spirit” Cover On Aviation Week: 14 November 2005, Rocky Martian High: Spirit Takes Summit |
“spirit” Cover On Aviation Week: 14 November 2005, Rocky Martian High: Spirit Takes Summit |
Nov 14 2005, 04:57 AM
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“Spirit” Cover on Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine: 14 November 2005
Rocky Martian High: Spirit Takes the Summit “Spirit” at the Summit of Husband Hill appears as the Cover image for the 14 November 2005 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine. The highly detailed 6 page cover package, titled "Rocky Martian High", describes the dramatic flight operations of the JPL/Cornell team as Spirit completed work on a Martian mountaintop: see www.aviationweek.com. The cover photo of Spirit and 2 additional pictures inside (full widescreen view and hazcam of Hillary rock outcrop), were derived by an international team of Mars enthusiasts indicating how outside analysts can use the raw imagery data from the rovers available to everyone. Forum Members picture credit: Marco Di Lorenzo (dilo), Doug Ellison (djellison), Bernhard Braun (nirgal) and Kenneth Kremer (mars loon) View at this link: www.aviationweek.com |
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Nov 17 2005, 02:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
I just received AWST yesterday at home.
CONGRATULATIONS to Doug, Dilo, Nirgal and Mars loon... ! GREAT, GREAT work ! |
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Nov 17 2005, 03:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Kudos all round. Great job guys.
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Nov 17 2005, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Gonzz, your words are so nice, I absolutely agree!
(and thanks to all, again) -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Nov 18 2005, 03:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
QUOTE (Gonzz @ Nov 17 2005, 01:37 PM) What I love about these images is that little bit of artistic liberty that allows them to transcend reality while remaining true to it. It's a bit like the National Geographic magazine photographer that while photographing nature will employ all kinds of lens filters and special films to capture a truly unique image. Is it completely true to reality, well, no, but is it a lie, again no, just enhanced reality, that little bit extra contrast and colour that elicits from us a powerful and resonant emotional response. And while NASA, as a science agency, has the responsibility to provide us with the most accurate images they are able to based on the available data, you guys here are not under so heavy restraints, and while you too seek to see mars as it is, you present it to us not in dull matt paper but in super glossy superior grade magazine paper stock. You're our very own National Geographic photographers on Mars, using your photographic mastery to enchant us with beautiful views from another world. And while I whole heartedly thank NASA for allowing my daily Mars fix, I whole heartedly thank the forum members for making it (even more) amazing. Gonzz/All Thank you for the insightful commentary and the generous compliments which goes first and foremost to all on the NASA/JPL/Cornell Mars Exploration Rover Team And thanks to Doug and the forum members for continuing inspiration and sound input To address you excellent point, please read this excerpt from p. 50 of Craig’s cover package for Aviation Week and Space Technology which includes a quote from Doug ken *********************************************************** Reprinted by permission of Aviation Week and Space Technology /Craig Covault 14 Nov 2005 "Among the images taken at the summit is a stunning mosaic of monochromatic rover Navcam images, colorized by outside analysts using JPL/Cornell Pancam Imagery (see www. aviationnow.com). This melding of Navcam and Pancam data is artistically stunning, while not fully scientifically calibrated, says Doug Ellison of Leicester, England, who helped lead the work. It reveals Spirit, amazingly free of dust, sitting atop the rounded crest of the mountain, with views down the slopes to the Gusev crater floor below (see cover and pp. 48-49). In the picture, rover tracks "jog" by the dark Hillary outcrop that Spirit first passed, then revisited. It was then driven up the slope under the outcrop so instruments on the rover's arm could reach the windblown, dust-free side of the feature. Spirit is now heading down the back side of the range after traveling for most of two years and more than 3 mi. across the floor of Gusev to reach the hills". *********************************************************** |
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Nov 18 2005, 06:22 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Artistically stunning indeed!
If one thinks of art as a fusion between image and emotion I think that's what we sense from these images, the way we would feel if we were actually standing there, and the way that emotion would influence the way we perceived the view ahead. Or in other words, I'm not sure if that image portrays what I would see if I was standing there, but I think it portrays the way I would remember it. Memories from Mars? Postcards |
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Nov 18 2005, 10:11 PM
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Hi Gonzz,
thank you so much for the appreciation of our work ! I simply lack the words to express how overwhelmed I am by your beautifully put words that so exactly to the point express all the feelings that have ever motivated my fascination and passion with space image processing ... In german I would say "du sprichst mir aus der Seele" ... meaning "you speak just from my Soul" |
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Nov 19 2005, 08:25 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
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Nov 28 2005, 09:09 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 468 Joined: 11-February 04 From: USA Member No.: 21 |
Just noticed this spectacular image was featured on APOD!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051128.html Congratulations to all involved! |
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Nov 28 2005, 09:48 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 25-November 05 Member No.: 574 |
The image is incredible.
GREAT WORK!!! -------------------- Ahora mismo lo único urgente es ir de frente - Enrique Bunbury
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Nov 28 2005, 10:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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Nov 29 2005, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Congratulations to all on the APOD front!
Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Dec 1 2005, 08:55 PM
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Dec 1 2005, 08:57 PM
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Wow - Is there any way you could get more copies of that? I'd be happy to pay for postage etc if you could get 3 copies sorted for me
Doug |
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Dec 1 2005, 09:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 21-June 05 Member No.: 417 |
I'll try to get more copies tomorrow (it's too late now) - but I'm not sure if they sell newspapers from the day before .
If not, you can have my copy. |
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Dec 1 2005, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
WOW, general, thanks for the highlight!
I tried to look at the online edition (http://www.standaard.be/Nieuws/Wetenschap/) but no mention of the image -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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