Spirit's UnderBelly, processing the MI images Options

[PDP8E]

Here is a work in progress.
I was working on a another thread (processing the envelope challenge for PFK) and thought I could use the same technique to 'see' underneath Spirit's deck with the MI.
While I don't fix the focus, the technique does what amounts to a smart contrast...
If anyone would like to to do a mosaic, i would appreciate it (I haven't done them enough to pull them off like you guys)
I will post the whole underbelly later, but here are the test images:



Cheers and thanks!

[PDP8E]

Astro, first thanks for helping out with the mosaic! (I find it amazing that a guy in Boston can post a couple of images before bed, and then in the morning, find that another guy in Australia has added his technical and artistic expertise to the images...virtual collaboration!).

This little contrast trick only demonstrates one avenue of study on an image set that has many challenges (seriously out of focus, generally low light levels, very bright spots, extended light&dark areas -etc.). As can be seen, adaptive contrast enhancement balances on the hairy edge of introducing and using speckles (or as some would call it: noise!) as information

I am attacking the focus problem at the moment (hitting the books), and hope to have something worth sharing in a little while.

I hope the rover team gets little Spirit of this quagmire soon. Good luck with the sandbox Paolo!

Cheers