Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Sep 29 2008, 03:13 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Opportunity is getting ready to embark on her most extraordinary journey, a true rover epic.
As information regarding how to win the distance are being collected here, and the emotional last views from Victoria Crater are being discussed here, I thought about creating a new thread that will surely become an obligatory stop as the tall peaks and other features of Endeavour start to rise in the horizon. Here we will be able to discuss the location of features seen from the distance, references that will help us understanding better what we are seing and that will, fortunately, feed our spirit across the long sail across the Meridiani sandwaves. Ultreya! I give it a kick with this navcam image, comparing it with Astro0's original (beautiful...) image: I'm sure James Canvin will correct me... EDITED: I can't resist...I tried! I honestly tried, but it is stronger than me...so many features ahead and not a single name?! Seriously, at Victoria we had features named after places visited by the vessel, and now for Endeavour? Assuming that Oppy will succeed on her quest will the mission keep the same policy, of naming places after Endeavour's tour? If so, there may be some names in common with Victoria... While we are ready to leave the port once more I remembered that we could start naming, internally, (in order to have catchier landmark references... ) these features, as they loom in the horizon, after the ship's crew. We could follow the order presented here. Let me just edit the image up there... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 6 2008, 06:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
QUOTE The cover is not an anaglyph--it just uses shiny print to make it "seem" like 3-D. The rover photo on the cover isn't an anaglyph either, just a regular photo that "looks" deep because of the view. The publisher ultimately decided that the anaglyphs would only go inside the book, so that they can be used with the 3-D glasses included in the flap of the book. Rui: I know the cover of the book is not an anaglyph. That is very obvious. I was only speaking of the "3-D" part of the title on the cover. If that was not intended to appear as an anglyph, I'll eat my cardboard glasses. I am attaching an annotated image of the cover to illustrate my point. It's probably a very small thing to talk about, but if you are going to create such an anaglyph impression in the cover design, why the heck wouldn't you do it correctly? Marketing opportunity, Tom (no pun intended). In addition to buying the book, you will also have to buy the special proprietary Mars 3-D glasses. hehe! One would expect the glasses to come with the book. We'll have to see which sides the filters will be on. -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Oct 6 2008, 07:34 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It's probably a very small thing to talk about There is no wrong-way-round for an anaglyph. One way around suggest closer, the other suggests further. In most Mars anaglyphs - you will find some rocks that look like that logo, and some that look the other way. There is nothing incorrect about that logo at all. You're never going to look at that with the glasses that come with it because they're built into the book itself. But you know what - I think you might be right. It Does. Not. Matter. |
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