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To: dr_lew
I made a "spherical" panorama from the sol 177 MAHLI images, and here is an excerpt of it :

Now here is a comparable screen shot of the APOD interactive panorama. You can see that it is a real mess compared to the accurately composed PTgui version:

I don't know what they think they're doing.

12 posted on 02/24/2013 12:17:49 AM PST by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

Well, wait a second! ... this production doesn’t have any association with NASA, does it? I was distracted by the mention of the APOD, which is NASA sponsored, if I’m not mistaken. Anyway, that’s a load off my mind! People can do whatever they want these images, but be advised, this interactive panorama is not an accurate representation, as I believe I’ve shown.


13 posted on 02/24/2013 12:51:37 AM PST by dr_lew
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