“spirit” Cover On Aviation Week: 14 November 2005, Rocky Martian High: Spirit Takes Summit |
“spirit” Cover On Aviation Week: 14 November 2005, Rocky Martian High: Spirit Takes Summit |
Nov 14 2005, 03:54 PM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
QUOTE (Tman @ Nov 14 2005, 04:02 PM) Do we have to wait long? I want to put it on my wall. Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Nov 14 2005, 04:10 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Stunning achievement guys.
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Nov 14 2005, 04:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
Sweet! This certainly deserves a round of Mars Bars!
dilo - djellison - nirgal - mars loon - Edit: Ugh, that first attempt looked like crap!! Made the images smaller. -------------------- --O'Dave
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Nov 14 2005, 05:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 11-March 04 Member No.: 56 |
Wow. That is so cool.
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Nov 14 2005, 05:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Everyone,
What an indescrible joy it has been to work as an international team on a project we all love so dearly. A labor of love over many long nights and weekends. The power of teamwork is exemplified by my awesome friends Marco, Doug and Bernhard !!!! We present this to honor the outstanding achievements of the Mars Exploration Rover Team led by the brilliant Principal Investigator Steve Squyres of Cornell University as "Spirit" expanded the envelope in the quest for Science at the Summit of Husband Hill. check this out on the Aviation Week Magazine free site and view the enlarged pdf http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/chan...ews/11145p1.xml its time to update your wallpaper and kudos Doug for creating this forum which brought us all together in a series of incredible incidents !!!!! ken |
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Nov 14 2005, 08:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Yes, Ken, it was a beautiful cooperation, especially if you consider that was done by people that never meet phisically each other!
This brings me thinking what an incredible privilege we have to live in the computers and Internet epoch, our fathers didn't imagine this amazing possibility to capture images taken by a robot on Mars only few hours ago, elaborate them and share our results inside a virtual meeting room (this great forum), always populated by wonderful, talented and educated people! I want to express my deep gratitude to all members, especially the ones which stimulated me from the beginning, in order to obtain ever improving results. Masters like Tman, Nico, Phil, Michael and many many others, without you this achievement wouldn't be possible, thrust me! Hope this is only the beginning, meanwhile I would like to post another version of Sol618 panorama, not published on AWST and very close to the original one posted in this Forum; Bernhard did a great colorization on it and I worked a lot to improve initial result... frankly speaking, I prefere this one and hope someone will choose this as PC wallpaper! Thanks to everyone, my friends! Marco EDIT: added full image credits -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Nov 14 2005, 09:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Great work- nice to see the remarkable talents on this forum get some wider exposure. Congratulations!
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Nov 14 2005, 09:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
QUOTE (dilo @ Nov 14 2005, 10:59 PM) Yes, Ken, it was a beautiful cooperation, especially if you consider that was done by people that never meet phisically each other! This brings me thinking what an incredible privilege we have to live in the computers and Internet epoch, our fathers didn't imagine this amazing possibility to capture images taken by a robot on Mars only few hours ago, elaborate them and share our results inside a virtual meeting room (this great forum), always populated by wonderful, talented and educated people! I want to express my deep gratitude to all members, especially the ones which stimulated me from the beginning, in order to obtain ever improving results. Masters like Tman, Nico, Phil, Michael and many many others, without you this achievement wouldn't be possible, thrust me! ... Thanks to everyone, my friends! Marco Thank you Marco ! I too was thinking of posting something similar ... but you have found *exactly* the right words to express all our feelings about this ... Nothing more to add , except many happy Smilies: ... ... one for each forum member ;-) Bernhard (Nirgal) |
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Nov 15 2005, 04:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 21-February 05 Member No.: 175 |
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Nov 15 2005, 05:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
GregM: Thanks for adding that perspective. I, for one, wouldn't have appreciated that otherwise.
I find myself looking at that image over and over again, and wondering...How did they do that? It has quite a nice balance of the near and the far. Likewise with the colors. I'd sure like to hear more about the difficulties encountered in its creation, and how they were overcome. -------------------- ...Tom
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Nov 15 2005, 06:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 498 |
Fantastic work boys - as usual, I'm in awe of the accumulated skill of this board. It's unusual enough that talent like you have consistently shown for the enthusiasts here get wider recognition, let alone on this level. Brilliant!
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Nov 15 2005, 07:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
Adding my congratulations.
The Front Page shows 30 visitors just now, while usually it has been around 5 - 10 at this time. I would guess the AvWeek cover has brought this forum to a much wider audience. |
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Nov 15 2005, 08:34 AM
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QUOTE (mchan @ Nov 15 2005, 07:41 AM) Adding my congratulations. The Front Page shows 30 visitors just now, while usually it has been around 5 - 10 at this time. I would guess the AvWeek cover has brought this forum to a much wider audience. Well, the site doesnt actually get mentioned (at least I dont think it does) - but Nov 11th was the busiest day in the sites history. I'm not a big fan of K.C. - but the 'big' image also made it to.. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1075 Doug |
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Nov 15 2005, 09:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
QUOTE (GregM @ Nov 15 2005, 06:17 AM) For those of you not entirely familiar with AW&ST, might I take the liberty of letting you in on a little background. Thanks Greg, it seems they abide by their tradition and discover the specialties on the internet as well. -------------------- |
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Nov 15 2005, 09:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
Congrats all around to the unindited co-conspirators!
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