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I’m trying to get the color to the images in some of the images I display here to be close to true color as I can but what I get from JPL on there releases is a mixed bag of different looks. I know that you will get different looks depending on the time of day, filters used, raw images are raw, etc. etc.. <br /><br />The big problem I'm having with their releases is that they all show a very dusty Mars but you cant see anywhere where the rover has gone that they kicked up some dust. The dusty looking rocks the rover rolls over should also kick up some dust that would be visible in the images, like at the Sojourny site. The solar panels lasted for over twice the time they said they would, so this tells me there isn't as much dust at Spirits and Opportunity site as there were at Pathfinders. <br /><br />Here is a small piece of a just released 50 meg image JPL released. In the image you see the solar panels appear to be completely covered in dust, panels should be black. In this image it appear to be getting dark on Mars by the color of the sky so the panels should be darker with a light dusting, not the color as viewed. There are plenty more things to look at in this image that I haven't discussed yet. I have some rover images thet were taken terrestrially that show different colors then JPL has shown on Spirits true colors. <br /><br />Anyone have any good images of the rovers top view prior to launch? The ones I have been using give me a good idea so far if I am close to true color. When I get filtered images of the rovers on Mars I use that to process the different filters and compare it to my terrestrial images. I get different results than JPL as to what is true color.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Ron Bennett </div>