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Posted by: djellison Feb 5 2006, 06:59 PM
With the new data down - I thought I'd whack this together - been looking forward to it for ages
Doug
Posted by: Shaka Feb 5 2006, 07:29 PM
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?
Posted by: djellison Feb 5 2006, 07:33 PM
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
Posted by: Astro0 Feb 6 2006, 06:50 AM
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
File size: 488k
Posted by: Shaka Feb 6 2006, 07:03 AM
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!
Posted by: Bob Shaw Feb 6 2006, 11:33 AM
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
File size: 488k
FWIW, I played with the colour - totally subjective, but it's how I think of the place!
Bob Shaw
Posted by: Shaka Feb 6 2006, 07:45 PM
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?
Posted by: RNeuhaus Feb 7 2006, 07:27 PM
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
Posted by: djellison Feb 7 2006, 08:59 PM
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
Posted by: dilo Feb 7 2006, 10:16 PM
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
Posted by: Astro0 Feb 8 2006, 01:24 AM
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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