Images of Mars -- Part Three

[Swampcat]

rlb2, thank you for your reasonable response <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't understand the tone of your post. It's very defensive. I stated my opinion. It's how I feel. I did not say, "rlb2, you're color is wrong! Mine is right!" You made a statement about color and asked if anyone got the same thing. I said no and proceeded to explain why I thought that was the case. And, btw, I'm quite aware of the situation concerning the actual colors, monitors and all that. I would think by now that you wouldn't feel the need to lecture me on this. It was unnecessary and uncalled for since I've said the same thing in previous posts concerning this issue.<br /><br />It's also rather insulting of you to suggest that I don't know how to post larger images. I could ask you if you know how to reduce them, but I won't since I have no interest in insulting your skills.<br /><br />I do indeed sharpen my images. Not a lot, but then oversharpening has a tendency to increase the impact of image artifacts. <br /><br />I also darken the image, change the contrast, adjust the color saturation and other parameters. You might ask me and I'd be happy to explain my process to you or anyone. I've done this before, but no one seemed all that interested.<br /><br /><font color="yellow">"I respect and like seeing your images."</font><br /><br />Misrepresenting my process doesn't seem like much of a sign of respect, but thank you anyway. It's unlikely that I will do much more of this since I'm obsessed with other things at the moment.<br /><br /><font color="yellow">"If your going to show what you would classify as an exact representation of the facts then you should have known that the color monitor your going to be using isn't the same as your computer, you have to calibrate it. <b>Basic logic here not thought of by overdeveloped brains</b>. [emphasis mine]"</font><br /><br />Is this directed at me? More insults? I'm rather surprised and disappointed with <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">Frankly, I don't understand the tone of your post. It's very defensive. I stated my opinion. It's how I<br /> feel.<font color="white"><br /><br />We have survived each others wrath up until now, for close to 2 years, that’s pretty good. We have some<br /> creative differences so what. Yes I do – that you didn’t think I knew from what you wrote about above. <br /><br />I will post very few images here, not like I did in the past. I’m looking to other sites etc, in fact I have<br /> hundreds of images I haven’t posted here since Carli has switched the Images of Mars thread to her domain.<br /> I do have a weekly update website for some of those images that aren’t restricted to 100Kibits like here <br />but they are not permanently displayed. I will continue creating images until the MER rovers dies.<br /><br />I could give many more examples on what you wrote above but I’m not going to. Enough said. I’ve got to get<br /> back to building my flying saucer.<br /></font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[Swampcat]

rlb2, <br />I wrote you a rather long PM to keep this out of the public, but I see you don't accept PMs. That's too bad.<br /><br />If you provide me with some way to contact you outside of SDC I will be happy to respond to this post in more detail. I'd rather not get into a cat fight with you in public, but then I didn't start this. <br /><br />For public consumption...WTF is going on with you? Is everything all right at home? <br /><br />There was no perceived "wrath" between us, as far as I could detect, until your rather longwinded post with all its incorrect assumptions about how I processed my images which was in response to my post attempting to answer your question about whiteness in the images. (Everybody follow that? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />) <b>IMHO</b> you're response to my response of that longwinded post was not responsive <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />. <br /><br /><font color="yellow">" I’ve got to get back to building my flying saucer.</font><br /><br /><br />Again, WTF? Are you maybe referring to my comment about going to fly rockets? rlb2, it's what I do for a hobby these days. It's called amateur rocketry. I build real rockets that really fly and twice a month I get together with a group of likeminded people and we launch them. Surely you've heard of this hobby.<br /><br />I'm beginning to think that somebody has hijacked your username and I'm really not talking to rlb2. The rlb2 I used to know wouldn't talk like this.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[rlb2]

No one hiked my user name. Yea bad day at the office, long drive home. I have numerous hobbies too. <br /><br />Your right people don't need to see the human side of me, they can get bent out of shape but I can't. <br /><br />I'm done talking. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[newtonian]

rib2, swampcat, you all - I appreciate all the awesome photos! <br /><br />I don't mind seeing things in different light!

 

[Swampcat]

<font color="yellow">"I don't mind seeing things in different light!"</font><br /><br />Unfortunately, the light got bent by the gravity of the situation. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />(Note: a reference to another thread.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[bonzelite]

that landscape is incredible. i cannot stop looking at it. it's so weird and beautiful. it is familiar but is totally alien. just stunning.

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[telfrow]

<b>Tangled Terrain in Acheron Fossae</b><br /><br /><i>More than a thousand kilometers north of the giant volcano Olympus Mons lies a geologically jumbled zone. In Acheron Fossae, part of the volcanic province of Tharsis, dozens of faults curve like shards of window glass. These mark where tensions in the martian crust stretched and broke the surface, and buckled it up and down. </i> <br /><br />Full story here: http://themis.asu.edu/feature_acherongraben <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[kmarinas86]

<div style="background-color:maroon"><br />Here is a background I made in the year 2002 - of mars!</div>

 

[silylene old]

These images are rather interesting, from Opportunity. Could one of our imaging experts display them please in color?<br /><br />sol 662 http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/661/1P186861178EFF64KCP2585L7M1.JPG<br /><br />sol 659<br />http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/659/1P186688360EFF64KCP2288L5M1.HTML<br /><br />sol 658<br />http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/658/1P186597812EFF64KCP2286L5M1.HTML <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[silylene old]

This one is real weird (<i> from Rakhir</i>), from the photo group I linked earlier. The pattern in the soils seemed to have changed.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<font color="yellow">"Could one of our imaging experts display them please in color?"</font><br /><br />I'm no expert, but I'll give it a try.<br /><br />Here's the Sol 658 image (L2, L5 & L7 filters):<br /><br />Full size image<br />(1024x1024, 256kb)<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Oppy Sol 659 (L2, L5 & L7 filters)<br /><br />Full size image<br />(1024x1024, 270kb) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Oppy Sol 651 (L2, L5 & L7)<br /><br />Full size image<br />(1024x1024, 213kb) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[silylene old]

thanks Swampscot. Those dark colored cobbles sitting on top of the lighter colored sedimentary rocks in your last two photos are interesting; I was curious to see how they looked in realistic coloration. I wonder how they got transported to their location, [erhaps they may have come from the nearby dark-colored cliff structure (about 20m away; yet to be investigated). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[silylene old]

In another forum, the suggestion was that vibrations from the rover caused a partial soil collapse, and you could see the debris fan from the soil collapse. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[silylene old]

I think you had it all figured out in your post earlier! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Oppy Sol 658 (L2, L5 & L6 filters)<br /><br />Full size image<br />(1024x1024, 164kb) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[rlb2]

Post deleted by rlb2 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>