Asking For Presentation Suggestions, (I'm begging, actually.) |
Asking For Presentation Suggestions, (I'm begging, actually.) |
Jan 19 2006, 03:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
I must prepare a visual presentation about Mars for about 3000 middle school to high school students as part of an educational program called Project Jason, which my company supports. The goal is to get them excited about science. Yesterday, I ordered 3500 red/cyan anaglyph glasses. I wanted to post a new topic, asking members here for help selecting the best MER imagery to use. I plan to use some anaglyphs, to give the kids the feeling of being on Mars, exploring it in person. I also want to use a dust devil movie, a few of the more awesome color panoramas, probably some movies, and maybe even a MidnighMarsBrowser virtual panorama, if time permits. I'll have a PC projector to display large images on a screen, but I am also thinking of having some large panoramas printed for display.
I suspect much of what I want already exists, either on this forum, on the JPL web site, or among some of my own stuff. I'm going on the assumption that the authors of the stuff here will not object to my using anything, but I will ask for permission first. The greatest problems are that I have to put something together by January 30th, and I may only be allowed 20 minutes. I have a wish list of things I need: ...four to six inspiring color panoramas, ...a couple of animations, particularly some anaglyph animations and/or of the arm at work, ...advice from anyone about a program that can create a movie that will zoom into and pan around a large panorama, ...any suggestions or advice from anyone about anything. Because I only have such a short time slot, I am less interested in trying to tell the whole story of the Rovers, but more interested in using a few truly amazing, awe-inspiring, or just plain Wow images that might excite the students about space exploration. Any help would be very much appreciated. I wish they would have given me more than 1.5 weeks to put this together. -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Jan 19 2006, 06:16 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Most of the talks I give are in the evening, and if I can, I end up with "and this was taken this morning"
It's a big gasp-oo-wow-laugh-woah noise, it's great. The only other time I've heard it is with the FHAZ Anaglyph from Oppy at Pan Pos 2 at Endurance, and 3D MEX imagery. I LOVE showing the really dirty Sundial, mentioning the really low power situation, how close to critical etc - and then going "and then one day...." click...clean sundial - and it gets a big laugh Doug |
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Jan 20 2006, 06:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 180 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 19 2006, 01:16 PM) I LOVE showing the really dirty Sundial, mentioning the really low power situation, how close to critical etc - and then going "and then one day...." click...clean sundial - and it gets a big laugh Doug A sundial. Cleaned. I guess that dust devil really (brace yourselves) cleaned Spirit's clock! Yeah that's right. I went there. |
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Jan 20 2006, 06:34 PM
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QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Jan 20 2006, 06:25 PM) A sundial. Cleaned. I guess that dust devil really (brace yourselves) cleaned Spirit's clock! Yeah that's right. I went there. LOL. That pun is right up Harrison Schmitt's alley. Not to be pedantic, though, (who, me?) but the prevailing thought is that dust devils aren't responsible for the "cleaning off" of the rovers' surfaces. Most of the MER scientists believe that simple wind action alone is the cause. |
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Jan 20 2006, 07:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 20 2006, 08:34 AM) LOL. That pun is right up Harrison Schmitt's alley. Not to be pedantic, though, (who, me?) but the prevailing thought is that dust devils aren't responsible for the "cleaning off" of the rovers' surfaces. Most of the MER scientists believe that simple wind action alone is the cause. Okay, I'll bite. How do they tell the difference? There's no anemometer aboard (though maybe there should be). Admittedly, the Opster has been cleaned without seeing a lot of DDs around. But the cleanings are episodic rather than frequent, aren't they? Like DDs. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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