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djellison

Feb 5 2006, 06:59 PM

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With the new data down - I thought I'd whack this together - been looking forward to it for ages

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Shaka View Member Profile	Feb 5 2006, 07:29 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618	Lovely, DJ. When the Virtual Reality Gusev finally appears on JPL's site, is this how you think it should look? I don't understand what you mean by "new data". Are we still getting data from Larry's Lookout? -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!

djellison View Member Profile	Feb 5 2006, 07:33 PM Post #3
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 5 2006, 07:29 PM) I don't understand what you mean by "new data". The recently released Sols 450-540 of calibrated raw data at the PDS / MER Notebook etc. Doug

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Feb 6 2006, 06:50 AM

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QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 6 2006, 05:59 AM)

With the new data down - I thought I'd whack this together - been looking forward to it for ages

Doug

Doug - fantastic image.

So good that it deserves a composite with Spirit. Hope you like it.
Enjoy
Astro0

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Shaka View Member Profile	Feb 6 2006, 07:03 AM Post #5
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 (Astro0 @ Feb 5 2006, 08:50 PM) Doug - fantastic image. So good that it deserves a composite with Spirit. Hope you like it. Enjoy Astro0 Sweeeeett! You may be a 'dish jockey' in your day job, Astro0, but there's an artist in there, fighting to get out. Love the salmon tinge. If you could just turn these into movies , we wouldn't need IMAX or Disney! -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!

Bob Shaw

Feb 6 2006, 11:33 AM

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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Feb 6 2006, 07:50 AM)

Doug - fantastic image.

So good that it deserves a composite with Spirit. Hope you like it.
Enjoy
Astro0

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FWIW, I played with the colour - totally subjective, but it's how I think of the place!

Bob Shaw

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Shaka View Member Profile	Feb 6 2006, 07:45 PM Post #7
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 (Bob Shaw @ Feb 6 2006, 01:33 AM) FWIW, I played with the colour - totally subjective, but it's how I think of the place! Bob Shaw Ah, will we ever really know? (insert emoticon for yearning ) Which is closer to the Imax film? Anybody seen it? -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!

RNeuhaus View Member Profile	Feb 7 2006, 07:27 PM Post #8
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385	QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Feb 6 2006, 06:33 AM) FWIW, I played with the colour - totally subjective, but it's how I think of the place! Bob Shaw Bob: The difference is that MER is on Mars (dime light) and Earth (bright light). I like the last ones. More energy and enthusiasm! Rodolfo

Tman View Member Profile	Feb 7 2006, 08:56 PM Post #9
Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186	Wow stunning images! Hardly still more to advance! Regarding the color, I would prefer anything between the reddish and brownish one -------------------- Peter MER filename decoding into local true solar time - MSL clock and filename decoding

djellison View Member Profile	Feb 7 2006, 08:59 PM Post #10
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Trying to sway the colours toward a 'this is what I think it's like' ballpark is a dangerous game - it assumes that mars is the same every day - and boy oh BOY if you look at the calibrated stuff, it isnt - sometimes it looked redder, sometimes greyer, sometimes browner, sometimes even a bit bluer I'll admit it - that image I posted isnt where I'd leave it, but it's not that far off to be honest - it was a fairly dingy period around then. Doug

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Feb 7 2006, 10:16 PM

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QUOTE (Tman @ Feb 7 2006, 08:56 PM)

Regarding the color, I would prefer anything between the reddish and brownish one

Maybe this the best (subjective) compromise... anyway, main purpose of this version is to make more realistic rover color

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Astro0 View Member Profile	Feb 8 2006, 01:24 AM Post #12
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615	QUOTE (dilo @ Feb 8 2006, 09:16 AM) Maybe this the best (subjective) compromise... anyway, main purpose of this version is to make more realistic rover color Will we ever know what the 'true' colour of Mars is...? Sure we will. Humans will walk there some day, along side our robotic, roving heroes. Personally I liked Doug's original colours. I think that it is probably closer to what the human eye would 'see'. I blended Spirit in with the same colouring, that salmon-coloured sky would certainly create some interesting variations in what you would 'see'. I think that everyone's concepts are right, but as Doug said, if you look at the calibrated Pancam images the colour from day-to-day varies wildly. The bottom line is that we are all having fun during this amazing adventure. Astro0

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