Awesome MIs, Now in Color! |
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 Feb 25 2011, 09:48 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615  |
I think I have a new love for MER images, because now they've got a whole page with lots of the MIs in colour.
Thanks Emily for the heads up http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002928/ I think these are my favourites so far... Wonderous colours... http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_...P2957L257F1.jpg Pick the odd rock out... http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_...P2956L257F9.jpg 
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Feb 25 2011, 12:00 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Well, thanks VERY much. I had a "To Do" list to get through today that had so many items on it I had to write it on a roll of kitchen paper, then I took a "quick look" at that site...
That is a cave full of glittering jewels, seriously. You mentioned the colours... oh yes... the colours of Mars, right there, for us all to enjoy... And you can use those images to make 3D pairs, and even mosaics... My eye was drawn to the MI images of "Lemon Rind", a hole ground out of the rock "Fruit Basket" on Sol 560 by Oppy. Here is a colour pic of it (it's the top hole of the two, I think), created using L456 images from the PDS...
Using four of the the MI pics on the new site I was able to make a mosaic of the feature, and with a bit of, I freely admit, unashamedly unscientific 'playing about' I came up with this...
Full size version here: http://twitpic.com/43k5eu That's art, on Mars, right there. In a couple of hundred years time, just as we now display petroglyphs and cave art, these RAT holes will be on display in museums and galleries, I swear, on Earth and Mars, sculptures created by amazing robots, designed and built by amazing people. -------------------- |
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Feb 25 2011, 01:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Ugh! Hadn't even occurred to me that you could make mosaics out of these.
 Race ya! 
Full size versions: http://twitpic.com/43koig and http://twitpic.com/43ko67 |
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Feb 25 2011, 03:05 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I had a blast with these last night too. Seriously this is one of the best parts of having BOTH UMSF and Emily's TPS blog. Emily finds cool stuff the rest of us don't notice. (so send in your donations today).
My favorite is the "Bounce Rock" RAT MI with it's almost "Man in the Moon" face (and different colors). http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_...9L456F1_qn1.jpg -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 26 2011, 09:46 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Mosaic of MI images of "Baltra", Beagle rock, Oppy Sol 894...
Full size version: http://twitpic.com/43x7cv Few more here... http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2011/...6/more-mi-magic ... if anyone wants a look. -------------------- |
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Feb 28 2011, 06:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Feb 28 2011, 03:15 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Beautiful pictures here. And, yes, this is Mars art!
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Mar 2 2011, 06:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
A few more MI mosaics roughly stuck together for your pleasure
Full size versions here: http://twitpic.com/458ob2 http://twitpic.com/458om3 http://twitpic.com/458oxe http://twitpic.com/458p8x As always, credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS. |
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Mar 2 2011, 06:25 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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