Posted on 08/15/2012 3:59:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: If you could stand on Mars, what would you see? The above image is a digitally re-colored approximation of what you might see if the above Martian landscape had occurred on Earth. Images from Mars false-colored in this way are called white balanced and useful for planetary scientists to identify rocks and landforms similar to Earth. The image is a high resolution version of a distant wall of Gale Crater captured by the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last week. A corresponding true color image exists showing how this scene actually appears on Mars. The robotic Curiosity rover continues to check itself over and accept new programming from Earth before it begins to roll across Mars and explore a landscape that has the appearance of being an unusually layered dried river bed.
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[Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS]
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I forgot to put your screen name into the “to” box to thank you for the added ping on the extra Mars thread.
Thanks very much for both pings today!
Awesome photos and tour of Mars!
I clearly see the Martian road winding up into the hills. Obviously the Martians had SUV’s and it caused all the CO2 in their atmosphere.
Someone better call 0bama and tell him.
Wow Sunk! You are on a roll in taking those pics on Mars. I went ahead and sent the blanket you requested last night. I told you it probably wouldn’t be a good idea going out to Mars with only shorts and a T-Shirt. It achieved escape velocity at around 02:30EST. It should reach the per-determined location we discussed by around this time tomorrow. Your orbital rover should be able to retrieve the package then. Just let me know when you’re ready to come back and we’ll have the landing area ready. Just don’t pull a stunt like you did on that last trip to Alpha Centauri!
Wow Sunk! You are on a roll in taking those pics on Mars. I went ahead and sent the blanket you requested last night. I told you it probably wouldn’t be a good idea going out to Mars with only shorts and a T-Shirt. It achieved escape velocity at around 02:30EST. It should reach the per-determined location we discussed by around this time tomorrow. Your orbital rover should be able to retrieve the package then. Just let me know when you’re ready to come back and we’ll have the landing area ready. Just don’t pull a stunt like you did on that last trip to Alpha Centauri!
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