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Posted by: mars loon Jun 9 2008, 02:06 AM

Phoenix Mosaic: 9 Jun 2008 Cover for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine

Pay Dirt: Phoenix Hits its Icy Target

For this thrilling and superb science mission to the Martian arctic, we (mars loon and dilo) are pleased and humbled to present a simple false color mosaic we constructed of a Phoenix footpad and the "snow queen" feature uncovered during landing.

The mosaic is featured as part of the Phoenix cover package for the new 9 June 2008 issue of AWST magazine
Find the cover and article segment at the AWST website here:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw060908p1.xml&headline=Phoenix%20Imagery%20Reveals%20North%20Polar%20Plain
Phoenix Imagery Reveals North Polar Plain
By Craig Covault
The Phoenix lander sits near the North Pole of Mars directly on top of exposed water ice that it was prepared to dig for weeks to find. The mission goal is to unravel the mysteries of what may be preserved inside the ice and surrounding soil. ....
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Our tribute to honor the fantastic efforts of the brilliant Phoenix Team !
led by Scientific Principal Investigator Peter Smith at the University of Arizona

Here is the cover and mosaic:


Ken Kremer and Marco Di Lorenzo
using robotic arm camera imagery from NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute





Posted by: glennwsmith Jun 9 2008, 02:31 AM

Oh my God! If ever I've seen an image that convinces me that the Universe is not hostile to life, but that it is out there in abundance -- this is it. Congratulations on your fabulous work.

Posted by: nprev Jun 9 2008, 02:39 AM

BIG congratulations, you guys!!! smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif AW&ST definitely needs to put the genius imagesmiths of UMSF on the permanent payroll!!!

Posted by: n1ckdrake Jun 9 2008, 04:06 AM

Congratulations mars loon and dilo!

Posted by: Stu Jun 9 2008, 05:15 AM

BIG congratulations you two, superb picture, well-deserved recognition for your efforts!

Posted by: CosmicRocker Jun 9 2008, 05:20 AM

Outstanding! smile.gif

I'll admit my personal biases upfront, and I will not be holding my breath for an announcement, but that image and headline should be nominated for a Pulitzer prize. Very nice work, as usual.

Posted by: jmjawors Jun 9 2008, 05:20 AM

It is an OUTSTANDING image. Sums up so much in one shot. Congrats to you both!

Posted by: tedstryk Jun 9 2008, 05:21 AM

Congratulations! That image is breathtaking. wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif

Posted by: laurele Jun 9 2008, 05:29 AM

Congratulations Ken and Marco! Great work!

Posted by: djellison Jun 9 2008, 07:03 AM

Another one for the collection smile.gif Good work guys!

Doug

Posted by: Oersted Jun 9 2008, 10:00 AM

+1!

Posted by: Ant103 Jun 9 2008, 10:09 AM

Great smile.gif It's always a pleasure to se members of UMSF congrats like this wink.gif.

Posted by: dilo Jun 9 2008, 03:44 PM

Thanks all for kind comments!
Frankly, when I received the mosaic from Ken and sent it back after some processing, it was only a raw image for preview and I planned to make a better version. However, Ken and Craig liked immediately the result and I was too busy to work on, so this became the definitive version. Indeed, it seems is not so bad, based on reactions! laugh.gif
So thanks to Ken for his usual strong effort in terms of initial work and coordination/PR, and obviously thanks to Phoenix team!

PS: Ant103, your avatar is genial (at the beginning I thought it was a visualization bug!)

Posted by: mars loon Jun 9 2008, 04:47 PM

we had to complete extremely quick to achieve deadline.
The Phoenix Team appreciates all the efforts here.
Thanks to all for your generous comments !


Posted by: PhilCo126 Jun 9 2008, 05:20 PM

Superb work... it wouldn't look bad on the cover another spaceflight magazine we all cherish wink.gif

Posted by: mars loon Jun 9 2008, 05:28 PM

QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jun 9 2008, 06:20 PM) *
Superb work... it wouldn't look bad on the cover another spaceflight magazine we all cherish wink.gif

already submitted, so ..... "we'll see"

Posted by: Stefan Jun 9 2008, 06:29 PM

Congratulations!

I can tell you that Dr. Keller was very pleased with this cover. smile.gif

Posted by: mars loon Jun 12 2008, 06:37 AM

QUOTE (Stefan @ Jun 9 2008, 06:29 PM) *
Dr. Keller was very pleased with this cover. smile.gif

Vielen Dank. Thank you

"Phoenix and the Snow Queen" appeared on APOD today, 12 June 08 . Holy Cow !! smile.gif
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080612.html

Posted by: Tman Jun 12 2008, 07:10 AM

QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 9 2008, 05:44 PM) *
Thanks all for kind comments!
Frankly, when I received the mosaic from Ken and sent it back after some processing, it was only a raw image for preview and I planned to make a better version. However, Ken and Craig liked immediately the result and I was too busy to work on, so this became the definitive version. Indeed, it seems is not so bad, based on reactions! laugh.gif

Right, an artist shouldn't stress oneself out. His goal should be to deliver his best to the world rolleyes.gif

Anyway congrats for your publication! smile.gif

Posted by: Nix Jun 12 2008, 09:55 AM

A very beautiful scene you guys pulled out of those images! Bravo! smile.gif

Nico

Posted by: dilo Jun 12 2008, 03:36 PM

QUOTE (Tman @ Jun 12 2008, 08:10 AM) *
Right, an artist shouldn't stress oneself out. His goal should be to deliver his best to the world rolleyes.gif

True.. ironically, starting from today I'm a lot less busy (almost vacation) so now I could dedicate more time to this refinement... mad.gif
Thanks for encouraging words, guys!

Posted by: Oersted Jun 12 2008, 07:58 PM

Congratulations on making both AWST and APOD!!

I am making a thread with all the images UMSF'ers have gotten into major printed publications and APOD: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=5235

- Could you guys maybe help me out, so we get a comprehensive list of images in the thread? Maybe there are some Cassini images by UMSF'ers as well, that I don't know about?

Thanks!


Posted by: Oersted Jun 27 2008, 11:06 PM

Sweet, our chief Mission Scientist actually used this image in the latest Phoenix conference...

http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/video/Conference/replay22.php

(16½ minutes in)


Posted by: dilo Jun 29 2008, 08:54 PM

QUOTE (Oersted @ Jun 27 2008, 11:06 PM) *
Sweet, our chief Mission Scientist actually used this image in the latest Phoenix conference...

Wow, I'm impressed (and a little proud... smile.gif )

Posted by: nprev Jun 29 2008, 09:57 PM

...as you & Loon properly should be! smile.gif

Posted by: mars loon Jun 30 2008, 01:39 AM

QUOTE (Oersted @ Jun 28 2008, 12:06 AM) *
Sweet, our chief Mission Scientist actually used this image in the latest Phoenix conference...

Oersted , Thank you for posting this ! smile.gif

Wow .... This is absolutely thrilling. On the tape, Peter eloquently uses the image (as posted on APOD Jun 12) to tell the fabulous story of water .
The venue is the NASA Folklife Festival on Jun 26 in Wash DC

Today I received a very nice "Thank you" from Peter !

For anyone who see's the image cited somewhere, please inform us here

thanks

ken

Posted by: imipak Jun 30 2008, 06:42 PM

Wow, a "thank you" note from the PI is about as good as it gets! Congrats to you both from me, too.

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