Clouds, Clouds over Victoria |
Clouds, Clouds over Victoria |
Oct 9 2006, 11:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2820 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
With the images of clouds coming down, it is time for a new thread.
Here is just part of a panorama. Autostitch was not able to stitch more than those 2 images of 4 images. I think because there are not enough matching points. Maybe one of the other programms can do it better? Taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 962. jvandriel EDIT. I have done my math again and the Sol is not Sol 962 but Sol 950. I know there is a little program for finding the right Sol but i can't find it. jvandriel |
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Oct 13 2006, 03:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
The brightness (and pinkish colour) of the Martian sky is due mostly to the dust in the atmosphere. If there were no dust, the sky would be very dark blue, as you'd expect for such a thin atmosphere.
We actually see the Martian sky brightness and colour vary with the seasons, as there's more dust at certain times of the year (summer, I think). |
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Oct 13 2006, 07:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
The brightness (and pinkish colour) of the Martian sky is due mostly to the dust in the atmosphere. If there were no dust, the sky would be very dark blue, as you'd expect for such a thin atmosphere. Awesome pics here! But something is still misty to me. Shouldn't it be so that on Mars the horizon sight appears in deeper shade of red than around the zenith that gets less reddish/pinkish/... and yet darker (and even a little blue) because of mainly less dust and also less atmosphere in the line of sight? -------------------- |
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Oct 13 2006, 09:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Awesome pics here! But something is still misty to me. Shouldn't it be so that on Mars the horizon sight appears in deeper shade of red than around the zenith that gets less reddish/pinkish/... and yet darker (and even a little blue) because of mainly less dust and also less atmosphere in the line of sight? My impression from the evidence I've seen and read so far is:- Close to the horizon pinkish/yellowish, think (caucasian) flesh tones. At zenith darker version of same colour, perhaps a tiny bit less yellow and more indigo but only a tiny bit, seldom if ever enough dust clearance to be midnight blue as it would be without dust. Clouds pearly silver. Some noctilucent clouds too. |
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