[Phil V.]

. . . you can't make pixels that aren't there.

Or you can go out and find the pixels.

[dougherty]

Wow, now that's a great photo! I never tire of seeing new pictures from the Mars surface.

[Republic]

WOndrful shot!

It is breathtaking to actually view such a clear photograph of another planet. Flat out exciting-to wonder at that horizon our robot captures.

The sky is so mysterious-perhaps full of the red dust that gives this planet its nickname.

Testing our knowledge, reaching out to explore, gathering thousands of bits of info along the way, is one of the very best traits of humanity.

Hope lots of thinking outside the box is going on at NASA, hydrogen and oxygen just might not be the building blocks of other forms moving within our universe. Ya never know-but God sure did design the human mind with exploration wired deeply into the mix! HURRAH!

Our little rover just knocks me out! :^)

[aBootes]

That is one great picture.

[Brett66]

By looking at that pic (#47)I realize there's actually haze on Mars. Makes it a lot easier to tell something's far away. The pics from the Apollo expeditions would show huge mountains in the background miles away, but most people would think it's just a hill about 100 feet away. The moon really plays tricks on distance perception.

Gene Cernan by the Lunar rover on Apollo 17.

[Starrgaizr]

Forgive me if this has been discussed, but after reviewing the Mars Direct proposals, isn't a logical (soon) step the rapid development of a demonstrator robotic Mars sample return mission to see if it can be done by making fuel on the surface? Seems like a good idea to do that now before spending years inching back towards the moon, etc.