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Strange Rock

dilo View Member Profile	Jul 24 2005, 03:05 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150	I do not know if is Voltaire or another one, but the fractured rock Spirit is analyzing is pretty interesting... First, there is a strange "extruded" portion, visible in the right/low region of this "crossed eyes" stereogram: Herebelow, L257 PanCam image in the top portion; I highlighted in red the portion pictured with MI (lower mosaic): Many interesting features, here. In addition to the sand filled fracture, there is a strange circular feature (enlarged in the small picture)... someone could see a biological fossil fingerprint in it ?... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -

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dilo View Member Profile	Jul 30 2005, 12:15 PM Post #31
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150	Hi Nirgal, your colorized mosaic is simply amazing! ...and realistic too!! Do you based it also on some PanCam true color picture, or is totally artificial? -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -

Nix View Member Profile	Jul 30 2005, 02:59 PM Post #32
Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136	sweet Nirgal! Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek. http://500px.com/sacred-photons &

Nirgal View Member Profile	Jul 30 2005, 05:37 PM Post #33
Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223	QUOTE (dilo @ Jul 30 2005, 02:15 PM) Hi Nirgal, your colorized mosaic is simply amazing! ...and realistic too!! Do you based it also on some PanCam true color picture, or is totally artificial? 100% synthetic: I only used a single-band b/w mosaic for this image (although I did try to reproduce a color palette from pancam shots of the same area) I have also tried to automatically "match" the pancam images to the MI-subframe... which can give very accurate colors, but only in a low "color resulotion" of several hundreds real MI pixels per downsampled Pancam "color pixel" ... So I stick to hand-coloring with homgrown filters & algorithms that can give at least the illusion of a very high color resolution (at the price of accuracy, ... but for me it's also a lot of fun to bring in a little "artistic license" with my own color interpretation of otherwise purely b/w scenes. (this always reminds me of the fun we had as children when coloring the painting book

aldo12xu View Member Profile	Jul 31 2005, 05:56 AM Post #34
Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 19-June 04 Member No.: 85	Nirgal, you are truly a master of your craft! That mosaic is very realistic looking despite it being "100 percent synthetic". Your rendering has convinced me -- in my mind -- that we're looking at a breccia that was subsequently altered by whatever process occured at Columbia Hills. How you colorized any other MI mosaics or images? -------------------- http://www.marsgeo.com/

Nirgal View Member Profile	Jul 31 2005, 08:29 PM Post #35
Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223	QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Jul 31 2005, 07:56 AM) Nirgal, you are truly a master of your craft! That mosaic is very realistic looking despite it being "100 percent synthetic". Your rendering has convinced me -- in my mind -- that we're looking at a breccia that was subsequently altered by whatever process occured at Columbia Hills. How you colorized any other MI mosaics or images? Thanks, aldo ! yes I'm working on other MI colorizations that I'm going to post here when they are finished. However, due to the fine summer weather here, I'm currently spending more time on the mountain bike than in front of the computer

Guest_Sunspot_*	Jul 31 2005, 10:49 PM Post #36
Guests	This one is REALLY strange: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...80P2589L7M1.JPG

dilo

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Last MI images (again from Sol557) are puzzling too:

note the bright fractures on the left, the spherules near bottom and, again, another "fossil"a on the top/right

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I always think before posting! - Marco -

Decepticon View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 02:31 AM Post #38
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1279 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114	Sunspot that rock looks like it has Cheese in the middle!

tedstryk View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 03:01 AM Post #39
Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4408 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33	This might fall into another category, but I have a question. It has been about a month and a half since I have been able to see jvandriel's images. Every time I try to view them, I get the response that it cannot be displayed because it "contains errors." I have tried this in multiple browsers, and have tried downloading directly, but with no success. It is obvious others can see them? Any suggestions? I am really fond of his work (or your work, if you are jvandriel), and I would like to be able to view the images again. Ted -------------------- Temporary home for some of my images... My Webpage My Blog

Guest_Myran_*	Aug 1 2005, 03:06 AM Post #40
Guests	QUOTE Sunspot said: This one is REALLY strange. Oh that one!Just a petrified Martian hamburger.

Bill Harris View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 03:49 AM Post #41
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105	QUOTE It has been about a month and a half since I have been able to see jvandriel's images. Every time I try to view them, I get the response that it cannot be displayed because it "contains errors." I looked at his image in Reply#9 of this thread and it displays OK. No ideas why you have probs. What viewer/editor are you using to look at them? Have you tried to download the image file as "Save target As...", instead of "Save Image"? --Bill -------------------- Dawn-- Ceres Pluto Encounter Rosetta Mission

odave View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 02:56 PM Post #42
Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209	And here's a petrified artichoke 2P176073695ESFAD80P2591L2M1.JPG Looks like we've stumbled onto the Husband Hill Deli... -------------------- --O'Dave

djellison View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 03:44 PM Post #43
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Takes be back to Biology lessons of 15 years ago, doing all manor of things to a pigs heart. Doug

general View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 03:51 PM Post #44
Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 21-June 05 Member No.: 417	No wonder Spirit wants to hang around there for a bit. Must be hungry after such a long trek.

Bob Shaw View Member Profile	Aug 1 2005, 05:27 PM Post #45
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239	QUOTE (odave @ Aug 1 2005, 03:56 PM) And here's a petrified artichoke 2P176073695ESFAD80P2591L2M1.JPG Looks like we've stumbled onto the Husband Hill Deli... Surely not! That's a mammoth turd, or I'll eat my hat! (munch, munch) -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!