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ElkGroveDan
post May 25 2008, 11:54 PM
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post May 26 2008, 03:40 AM
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Yeah, my only thought was that it must be looking past the solar panel into Phoenix's own shadow. But I downloaded the picture and blew it up, and saw no detail in the black area at all, which I didn't expect.

Still -- lots of reflected light plus the shadow is the only explanation that makes sense, I think.

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- ElkGroveDan   Phoenix has landed!   May 25 2008, 11:54 PM
- - John Flushing   I see the solar arrays have deployed!   May 26 2008, 01:57 AM
- - Leither   Those are just beautiful - so, so good. I want mor...   May 26 2008, 01:57 AM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   Did I see hexagonal patterns on the landscape?   May 26 2008, 02:00 AM
|- - helvick   Kudos to the team for releasing images this rapidl...   May 26 2008, 02:01 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   RE: Phoenix has landed!   May 26 2008, 01:59 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Note the object on the horizon. Large rock? or ba...   May 26 2008, 02:01 AM
|- - Thu   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 26 2008, 09:01 A...   May 26 2008, 02:06 AM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (Thu @ May 25 2008, 09:06 PM) Large...   May 26 2008, 02:11 AM
|- - Thu   QUOTE (ToSeek @ May 26 2008, 09:11 AM) Lo...   May 26 2008, 02:14 AM
- - dvandorn   I was really impressed -- I had the UofAZ site up ...   May 26 2008, 02:02 AM
- - Stephen   It's great to see Phoenix safely on Mars! ...   May 26 2008, 02:04 AM
- - SpaceListener   Even faster in posting pictures from Mars in less ...   May 26 2008, 02:04 AM
- - tuvas   I remember some of the team wanting a few rocks fo...   May 26 2008, 02:04 AM
- - kwan3217   Congrats to the Ops guys for getting the images ou...   May 26 2008, 02:05 AM
- - scalbers   One of the footpad images has a relatively bright ...   May 26 2008, 02:06 AM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (scalbers @ May 25 2008, 09:06 PM) ...   May 26 2008, 02:08 AM
- - kwan3217   lg_320.jpg? Looks to me like its a "hole...   May 26 2008, 02:07 AM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (kwan3217 @ May 26 2008, 02:07 AM) ...   May 26 2008, 02:09 AM
|- - simonbp   Look at how rounded those embedded cobble-sized ro...   May 26 2008, 02:13 AM
- - Stu   Oh wow, look at that... lots of little pebbles to ...   May 26 2008, 02:07 AM
- - tuvas   If they could get these 6 images back so fast, wel...   May 26 2008, 02:08 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Wow, that was fast . I now have all of these image...   May 26 2008, 02:11 AM
- - kwan3217   They are already getting part of a panorama back, ...   May 26 2008, 02:09 AM
- - volcanopele   Holy simoleon! http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu...   May 26 2008, 02:10 AM
|- - tanjent   Need advice on how to download and save the images...   May 26 2008, 02:14 AM
||- - Reed   QUOTE (tanjent @ May 25 2008, 07:14 PM) N...   May 26 2008, 02:19 AM
||- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (tanjent @ May 25 2008, 09:14 PM) N...   May 26 2008, 02:21 AM
||- - Shaka   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ May 25 2008, 04:21...   May 26 2008, 02:57 AM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (Shaka @ May 25 2008, 07:57 PM) Thi...   May 26 2008, 03:31 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 25 2008, 07:10 P...   May 26 2008, 02:17 AM
- - alan   in stereo   May 26 2008, 02:12 AM
|- - Leither   QUOTE (alan @ May 26 2008, 03:12 AM) in s...   May 26 2008, 02:18 AM
- - Pavel   We have three working probes on the surface of Mar...   May 26 2008, 02:12 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Oops, even more images. Looks like I won't be ...   May 26 2008, 02:12 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Well it looks like we are sitting on top of some n...   May 26 2008, 02:14 AM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 25 2008, 09:14 P...   May 26 2008, 02:23 AM
- - ToSeek   More panorama work: http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.ed...   May 26 2008, 02:15 AM
- - Stu   Look at that... http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/im...   May 26 2008, 02:16 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Press briefing coming up on NASA TV   May 26 2008, 02:18 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 26 2008, 03:18 A...   May 26 2008, 02:21 AM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 26 2008, 02:21 AM) I...   May 26 2008, 02:24 AM
- - kungpostyle   What is that?   May 26 2008, 02:19 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   This terrain looks rather familiar. There's a ...   May 26 2008, 02:20 AM
- - nprev   Good grief...237 users active on the forum...is th...   May 26 2008, 02:21 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (nprev @ May 26 2008, 03:21 AM) Goo...   May 26 2008, 02:26 AM
- - antipode   Interesting bright feature in front of a small mou...   May 26 2008, 02:22 AM
- - Ant103   Kungpost' : maybe the backshell? or the heatsh...   May 26 2008, 02:22 AM
- - climber   I'd go for ice. QUOTE (SpaceListener @ M...   May 26 2008, 02:24 AM
- - imipak   Looks like absolutely textbook polygonal frost hea...   May 26 2008, 02:26 AM
- - Ant103   About gallery, are they expected to make a better,...   May 26 2008, 02:26 AM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (Ant103 @ May 25 2008, 08:26 PM) .....   May 26 2008, 02:31 AM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (algorimancer @ May 25 2008, 09:31 ...   May 26 2008, 02:33 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (algorimancer @ May 25 2008, 07:31 ...   May 26 2008, 02:55 AM
- - kungpostyle   Yeah, most likely part of the ship cast off during...   May 26 2008, 02:26 AM
- - Stu   RE: Phoenix has landed!   May 26 2008, 02:27 AM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (Stu @ May 26 2008, 02:27 AM) Fas...   May 26 2008, 02:35 AM
- - antipode   No idea what the azimuth of 334 is but the twin bu...   May 26 2008, 02:28 AM
- - Gonzz   Now that we are safe on Mars, and the late night q...   May 26 2008, 02:32 AM
- - Juramike   Absolutely beautiful! It looks like the terra...   May 26 2008, 02:33 AM
- - Eric Hartwell   Those images that look mostly black with a tiny bi...   May 26 2008, 02:34 AM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (Eric Hartwell @ May 25 2008, 09:34...   May 26 2008, 02:35 AM
- - antipode   Had the nutty idea that that white thing might be ...   May 26 2008, 02:37 AM
- - Ant103   Very very very very very very very approximative f...   May 26 2008, 02:46 AM
- - Ant103   And a more "natural" touss tous pic : S...   May 26 2008, 02:49 AM
- - tuvas   You might look at the MRO pictures of the area for...   May 26 2008, 02:53 AM
- - ToSeek   The landing site location is being reported (per E...   May 26 2008, 03:00 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (ToSeek @ May 25 2008, 08:00 PM) Th...   May 26 2008, 03:03 AM
- - ToSeek   It's been pointed out to me on another forum t...   May 26 2008, 03:33 AM
- - dvandorn   Anybody have any ideas as to why the background be...   May 26 2008, 03:34 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 25 2008, 08:34 PM) ...   May 26 2008, 03:37 AM
- - fredk   It's just because they're shooting more or...   May 26 2008, 03:37 AM
- - dvandorn   Yeah, my only thought was that it must be looking ...   May 26 2008, 03:40 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 25 2008, 08:40 PM) ...   May 26 2008, 03:44 AM
- - scalbers   Besides being a powered landing, one might note an...   May 26 2008, 03:42 AM
- - dvandorn   This is one of them, tuvas: solar panel -the oth...   May 26 2008, 03:49 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 25 2008, 08:49 PM) ...   May 26 2008, 03:51 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (tuvas @ May 25 2008, 10:51 PM) Odd...   May 26 2008, 03:54 AM
- - dvandorn   The last press briefing of the day, which I had th...   May 26 2008, 03:53 AM
- - PDP8E   nick, the rubble on the ground 'reminds' m...   May 26 2008, 03:54 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (PDP8E @ May 25 2008, 08:54 PM) the...   May 26 2008, 04:53 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (nprev @ May 25 2008, 08:53 PM) The...   May 26 2008, 04:55 AM
- - dvandorn   Yep -- just loaded up that solar panel image in a ...   May 26 2008, 03:57 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 25 2008, 08:57 PM) ...   May 26 2008, 04:01 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Nice shot of Emily in the audience of the Presser   May 26 2008, 04:05 AM
- - dvandorn   You beat me to that by about a minute there, Dan. ...   May 26 2008, 04:07 AM
- - Thu   I'm enjoying the first quick-and-dirty color i...   May 26 2008, 04:16 AM
- - kungpostyle   I just remembered that my name is on that lander. ...   May 26 2008, 04:37 AM
- - n1ckdrake   RE: Phoenix has landed!   May 26 2008, 04:53 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (n1ckdrake @ May 25 2008, 08:53 PM)...   May 26 2008, 04:57 AM
- - nprev   I did catch that question in the presser; nobody w...   May 26 2008, 05:00 AM
- - slinted   PSP_002249_2485 is centered almost perfectly on th...   May 26 2008, 05:01 AM
|- - Reed   QUOTE (slinted @ May 25 2008, 10:01 PM) P...   May 26 2008, 05:20 AM
- - Norm Hartnett   I'm going with Dr. Griffin on that one. Clearl...   May 26 2008, 05:01 AM
- - nprev   ...he's gonna have to walk a LONG way before h...   May 26 2008, 05:04 AM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (nprev @ May 26 2008, 12:04 AM) ......   May 26 2008, 07:34 AM
- - fredk   Some colour shots posted on the spaceflightnow sit...   May 26 2008, 05:18 AM
- - Bobby   When is Tesheiner going to start a Phoenix Route M...   May 26 2008, 06:07 AM
- - remcook   woohoo! amazing stuff! looking forward to...   May 26 2008, 07:18 AM
- - PhilCo126   Congrats to all at JPL and the University of Arizo...   May 26 2008, 07:49 AM
- - As old as Voyager   Congratulations Phoenix and JPL! Great landing...   May 26 2008, 08:18 AM
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