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Victoria’s Secrets Revealed in Color in Aviation Week: 2 Oct 2006, International UMSF Team publishes 1st Color Pan from Duck Bay
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post Oct 2 2006, 04:29 AM
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Victoria’s Secrets Revealed in Color in Aviation Week: 2 Oct 2006
International UMSF Team publishes 1st Color Pan from Duck Bay


Victoria’s Secrets are revealed in tantalizing color as a navcam panorama spread across 2 pages as the Lead news story inside the 2 October 2006 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine (p. 24). The 4 page article written by aerospace journalist Craig Covault describes the dramatic and nearly three year long expedition by the Opportunity Rover across the martian surface and the complex and dangerous science operations ahead (see http://www.aviationnow.com). An international UMSF team of martian enthusiasts merged and colorized the navcam panorama taken about 8 feet from the rim of Duck Bay on Sol 952 (Sept 28) using raw data available to everyone.

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NASA/JPL NAVCAM Imagery Merged and Color Coded by

Bernhard Braun (nirgal), Marco Di Lorenzo (dilo), Ken Kremer (mars loon) and Doug Ellison (djellison)

Reprinted courtesy of Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviationnow.com

Link to the Aviation Week article:
Attached File  AvWeek_10_02_2006_p24_28V2.pdf ( 274.18K ) Number of downloads: 1847


Link to the navcam pan:
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Our heartfelt congratulations to the entire MER Team for another breathtaking scientific achievement with Opportunity now set to unravel the mysteries of Ancient Mars!

And our eternal thanks to Cornell University Professors Steve Squyres and Jim Bell for “Giving Away the Data” so that “outside analysts” could have some fun while promoting the cause of science for all mankind.

Last year, our team published “Spirits Soar” on the cover of the 14 November 2005 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, the April 2006 issue of Spaceflight magazine (British Interplanetary Society) and in numerous other publications. Please see the list and details in this thread:
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post Oct 2 2006, 05:14 AM
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Wow. You guys did it again. Congratulations, it's one heck of a view when you spread it across two screens. smile.gif


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I want to express my gratitude to all team and in particular to Ken, who efficiently coordinated this "trans-continental" effort...
This is an alternative version of Sol952 view we worked out, with some brightness adjustments and different sky:
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post Oct 2 2006, 07:03 AM
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well done!

It looks to me that Victoria seems better accesible from the point where it is now than at the far rim or is this an optical illusion?
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post Oct 2 2006, 07:46 AM
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Quite nice guys smile.gif Congratulations.
Marco, how come you didn't send in the sky-enhanced image?

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post Oct 2 2006, 08:03 AM
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Great work.

By the way, that image has almost exactly the same field of view as the 'Duck Bay' pan. A nice preview of what's to come.

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post Oct 2 2006, 08:22 AM
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Congrats guys, you did it again!
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Congratulations! biggrin.gif
May your work keep on presenting the quality that deserves this recognition and admiration!


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QUOTE (Nix @ Oct 2 2006, 07:46 AM) *
Quite nice guys smile.gif Congratulations.
Marco, how come you didn't send in the sky-enhanced image?

thanks all
basically, publication deadlines are several days prior to printing
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post Oct 2 2006, 03:20 PM
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As of this moment, the color pan is now on APOD today (2 Oct 2006). biggrin.gif

It has been changed from the JPL B&W version to our team color pan. mars.gif


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Our heartfelt congratulations to the entire MER Team for another breathtaking scientific achievement with Opportunity now set to unravel the mysteries of Ancient Mars!

And our eternal thanks to Cornell University Professors Steve Squyres and Jim Bell for “Giving Away the Data” so that “outside analysts” could have some fun while promoting the cause of science for all mankind.

Last year, our team published “Spirits Soar” on the cover of the 14 November 2005 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, the April 2006 issue of Spaceflight magazine (British Interplanetary Society) and in numerous other publications. Please see the list and details in this thread:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...c=1674&st=0

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post Oct 3 2006, 03:49 AM
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NASAWATCH has now posted the Duck Bay color pan and Aviation Week article here:

http://nasawatch.com/
http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1161
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well done!
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holy cow. that is awesome, i was wondering when a nice color of that view would pop up. i have recently been making desktops of these type of images to those of us who are not a part of the sci community, we are not even aware that this kind of work happens outside of NASA or mission specialists. it makes me wonder how many images i have been using might call for credits. i took a shot at colorizing don mitchell’s venera images and got a smack down for only giving him minor props for his awesome work in the image i was working with.


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"NASA at 50" Cover feature by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine
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The 29 September 2008 issue of Aviation Week features our color version of VC exit, printed large on p. 66 as part of the "NASA at 50" cover package.

"Seeking Alien Life": 'Something incredible is waiting to be known' said Carl Sagan; is the headline for the article by Craig Covault

Exiting Victoria Sol 1624: 28 Aug 2008
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Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Aviation Week & Space Technology/Kenneth Kremer & Marco Di Lorenzo (color)
AWST Caption: Searching for water related evidence for life 220 million mi from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity images the tracks it used to drive into and out of the half-mile-wide Victoria crater

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