NASA Unveils Color Photo of Mars

AP ^ | 01/06/04 | AP

[Pikamax]

PASADENA, Calif.

[Pikamax]

This is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet.

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University

[Phantom Lord]

Looks like a Hollywood sound stage to me.

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[rovenstinez]

Well,.... WHERE ARE THE MARTIANS?

[TheBigB]

We send a billion-dollar camera across millions of miles to take a picture of Arizona. :)

[mlbford2]

Could be a poster for the Democratic political landscape for the 2004 election.

[b4its2late]

I think I can see Algores footprint.......

[mlbford2]

"Take us to your leader"

[Adder]

Eh. Needs trees and I don't see any places to fish.
Maybe we can get a snap of the Beagle.

"...shot of arizona" LOL
Thats funny!

[capydick]

I thought it looked like the line outside the building where John F. Kerry is speaking today.

[Charles Henrickson]

The above photo is a picture of:

a. The surface of Mars
b. A Dennis Kucinich rally
c. A close-up of mold growing on Ol' Crusty

[TheBigB]

We're hiding.

[Pest]

Have they named the rocks yet?

[Phantom Lord]

Will the rover venture over to the American flag that Sheila Jackson Lee placed on Mars?

[billorites]

[smalltown]

It's in the bottom right corner of the hi-res photo, just above the flat rock formation.

[CasearianDaoist]

Didn't he invent Mars?

[martin_fierro]

That's a shot of my doggone backyard!

(Memo to self: Not all illegal alien "gardeners" know what they're doing)

[mlbford2]

Not Mars silly, the Internet. Geeesh!

[metalboy]

There`s no life on Mars. It`s all Bushs fault.