Images of Mars

[rlb2]

<font color="orange">As NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity creeps farther into "Endurance Crater," <br />the dune field on the crater floor appears even more dramatic. This false-color image taken by <br />the rover's panoramic camera shows that the dune crests have accumulated more dust than the <br />flanks of the dunes and the flat surfaces between them. Also evident is a "blue" tint on the flat <br />surfaces as compared to the dune flanks. This results from the presence of the hematite-containing <br />spherules ("blueberries") that accumulate on the flat surfaces. <br /><br />Sinuous tendrils of sand less than 1 meter (3.3 feet) high extend from the main dune field toward <br />the rover. Scientists hope to send the rover down to one of these tendrils in an effort to learn more <br />about the characteristics of the dunes. Dunes are a common feature across the surface of Mars, and<br /> knowledge gleaned from investigating the Endurance dunes close-up may apply to similar dunes <br />elsewhere. <font color="white"><br /><br />http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/images.cfm?id=750<br /><br />Here is a close-up sharpened, lightened, with contrast look at the just posted JPL false image of the dunes. <br />I was trying to bring out more detail in the dune structure, top left.</font></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Aren't people asking themselves, are all the pools of sperules shown above equally flat with no slope? <br />Could a mud-like mixture with voids made of water ice full of sperules make this?<br /><br />Here are some more Spur Hill images.<br /><br />08-03-04.5-2N144577475EFF82 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Colorized image of Dark streaks on ridge's and gullies.<br /><br />M11-01809psub <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Three larger views of top image.<br /><br />Top <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Middle <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Bottom <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Very observant. I notice on my other computer the images came out with more of a yellowish <br />tent then the one I used to develop it.<br /><br />I call them geyser vents, small mounds with holes in the center. You would be amazed at what else <br />I found going though old images of Surveyors and Odyssey. I am putting together another page<br /> to my web site, which will fill more than 50 images of unseen hidden wonders. It is truly amazing <br />how much detail I have extracted out of those images. <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[rlb2]

Here are some more of the close-ups from the same image. Keep in mind I had to convert these to low resolution after enlarging them to fit them on this board - min 100k requirements. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Another close-up <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Here is another one for this set. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Here is the last one for this set. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

[thechemist]

Wonderful images rlb2, thanks for posting them.<br />Here is a false color image RGB L257 of Spirit's tracks.<br /> Original images <br />We see the familiar cracking of the previously cemented top layer of soil after being run off by the rover. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Well, it's about time we had some new images to work with. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /><br /><br />This is an "approximate" true color <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> version of the above: <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]

Another one from Spirit (L4, L5, & L6): <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]

And let's not forget Oppy (L4, L5 & L6): <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>

 

[jaredgalen]

What do people thing of this persons claim that NASA are altering some if the images they release as raw images.<br /><br />http://www.xenotechresearch.com/NASAHACK.htm<br /><br />He mentions things like JPEG compression artifacts on edges (or the lack of such artifacts)<br />I'm guessing the people here know a thing or three about image processing. <br />Really interested in your opinions on what he mentions<br />jG<br />

 

[rlb2]

Good stuff, with different colors in a false color image, it brings out some of the different types of rock and soil material, coarse <br />and fine grain. I hope they can compare the colors in a sample earth false color sample with spectrograph images they receive <br />to help determine the type of soil - silt, fines, clay etc. they imaged there. <br /><br />Soil type is very important in determining if it was created by wind, water or chemical reaction. They didn't take along their<br /> sieves so surely they prepared to examine the soil type as they go along. All I have been hearing about is how they interpret <br />the course grain material, mostly rock.<br /><br />Here are a few low resolution Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images I colorized that in most views would be proof <br />enough that water once flowed on Mars.....<br /><br />This image was originally colorized by NASA, all I did was sharpened and added contrast to it.<br /><br />M18-01349sub_oblq_v.5<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Here is another one. I colorized this one.<br /><br />M18-01349sub_v<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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Columbia Hill cave structure.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>

 

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This is a very-large false color blue image of the Columbia Hills.<br /><br />I'm going to show you an image that is best viewed from 1 to 1.5 meters away. This will demonstrate <br />how amazing your eyes really are. The reason you need to view this image so far away is that I <br />increased the size so much that you can’t see it close-up. <br /><br />I first got turned on to this effect in the early seventies when my girlfriend, who was a flower child at <br />the time, talked me into taking her to the Chicago art museum. One of the art pieces on display <br />looked like a bunch of big dots. I couldn't make out what it was because I was so close to it. <br />The painting was approximately, 10 feet high and 15 feet wide. She made me walk backwards <br />until I could make out what it was. It was a picture painted by Chuck Close, I have a hard time<br /> remembering painter’s names but this one stuck in my mind. As I moved away from it, I could see <br />the different lines of what appeared to be a large face, like seeing your skin close-up. Then <br />the image began to get clearer. When I was a set distance away the large face was as sharp <br />as viewing it close-up, the only difference was it took-up most of my field of view. My eyes filled-in <br />the blanks. This is similar to what your TV does. <br /><br />Viewing this image details close up this way is a cheaper way to increase the size of an image <br />and view it like the pros do to fill the blanks after enlarging the images, only this time your eyes <br />and brains are filling in the blanks. You do this naturally all the time; there should be a blank blind <br />spot between your eyes that your brain fills in. This is one of the reasoning some scientist give to there<br /> students to try to visualize something that you can prove is there but you cannot see.<br /><br />Set the image to where you want to view then move away from it apx 1 to 1.5 meters. <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>