Colorization of Mars Images?

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Posted by michael on Friday January 9, 2004 @07:15AM from the technicolor dept.

ares2003 writes "There is no scientific reason, why JPL is colorizing Mars in that dull red tint as in their press release images. In the latest panorama image, there is a hint, that they deliberately altered the colors, as the blue and green spots on the color calibration target (the sundial) suddenly converted to bright red and brown. Source of original images: 1, 2 - (for highres replace "br" with "med"). At normal weather conditions, as we have at the moment, there should be a blue sky on Mars and earthlike colors. Furthermore the sky looks overcasted on the pictures as it cannot be considering the sharp shadows on the sundial. If the sky was overcast, then because of diffuse lighting, there would be no shadows. A few years ago, I did an investigation about that very same topic for the Viking and Pathfinder missions."

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Obviously doctored by BillFarber · 2004-01-09 07:19 · Score: 5, Funny

The photos clearly have been doctored because they don't match the scenery in "Total Recall".
OK, I admit it. by shoppa · 2004-01-09 07:19 · Score: 5, Funny

OK, I admit it. I grabbed the mars probe on its way to orbit and put it in my backyard, where I put a bunch of sand and rocks and spray painted everything brown and drab red. Some got onto the lander, my screwup. Neil and Buzz came by and gave me some advice, based on how they faked the moon landing.
My kids had lots of fun with those airbags, BTW.
Buy out. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-09 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

You must have missed the news. Ted Turner bought out JPL yesterday.
"ballistic approach to punctuation" by X_Bones · 2004-01-09 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

My, God the submitter needs, to learn how to use commas, properly when he writes, something that hundreds of thousands of people will potentially, read...

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1. Re:"ballistic approach to punctuation" by HardCase · 2004-01-09 07:22 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  When you're paranoid, you don't worry about punctuation...it's just one more tool that they use to get you.
  
  -h-
2. Re:"ballistic approach to punctuation" by kannibal_klown · 2004-01-09 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "My, God the submitter needs, to learn how to use commas, properly when he writes, something that hundreds of thousands of people will potentially, read..."
  
  HOLY COW!!! William Shatner posts on SLASHDOT!!!
3. Re:"ballistic approach to punctuation" by Diamon · 2004-01-09 08:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Well it. Could have been. Worse he could. Write like Chritopher. Walken talks.
  
  My God, imagine a two man broadway show with Walken and Shartner in a 90 minute dialogue.
Uh, yeah. by Guano_Jim · 2004-01-09 07:23 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a conspiracy. To make people...

BELIEVE THAT MARS IS RED!

Thanks for alerting us to that potential communist menace, senator.

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Re:Check the links, editors by GabeK · 2004-01-09 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Right on! And, as we all know, the Martian sky is green. This can be explained by the dust left over from all the money that we've crashed or otherwise blown in past missions on Mars.

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Re:Check the links, editors by efuseekay · 2004-01-09 07:28 · Score: 5, Funny

There will be a new story on how the government conspire to shutdown the mars-news.de website on the 9th of Jan 2004....

coincidentally after this story was posted.

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To heck with the recolored images... by banda · 2004-01-09 07:32 · Score: 4, Funny

...what I want to know is:
Why does the Spirit rover have an Atari game console joystick installed on it?
Re:Check the links, editors by Spackler · 2004-01-09 07:36 · Score: 5, Funny

WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SLASHDOTTING THIS SITE!
I am trying to do some serious research into the truth that has been hidden from my eyes. I finally find a source of hidden knowledge that is better than the one buried under the sphinx, and you geeks have to go and wreck it. _bastards_
Re:Gary Larson Reference by 56ker · 2004-01-09 07:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Violets are Red,

Roses are Blue,

JPL saw it,

and now you will too.

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Re:Check the links, editors by Anarke_Incarnate · 2004-01-09 07:44 · Score: 4, Funny

What does a car need with Hit Points?
Re:Check the links, editors by Orion442 · 2004-01-09 07:45 · Score: 4, Funny

I apologize in advance...

You failed to mention his proof of giant hair-like structures on Uranus.
infrared image posted by morcheeba · 2004-01-09 07:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Ok, I went ahead and did a favor for the slashdot community and mankind. I took the fake colorized images and colored them back to the original infrared colors. You can see the results here. I hope this pleases the original story submitter.

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to CYA, natch by gosand · 2004-01-09 07:57 · Score: 4, Funny

..what I want to know is: Why does the Spirit rover have an Atari game console joystick installed on it?
Probably to protect the rover in case of this scenario .

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It's obvious! Doppler shift! by Punk+Walrus · 2004-01-09 07:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Mars is very far away, and right now is moving away at a rapid speed from Earth in its orbit. The Doppler effect (the ones that make sounds go up in pitch as they approach you, then go down as they move away from you, like a police car going past) teaches us that as light approaches us, the wavelengths get compressed, and they go blue! So, Mars is red due to the Red Shift in spectrum because it's actually going away... away [Ernie-like snicker]
... oh, I can't go on. But there's so much misinformation in that site, that I thought I'd add my own bullshit that sounded scientific, too. Can I get my grant now? At least give me back my tin foil hat... Jodie Foster gave it to me!
Conspiracy Theory Made E-Z:
1. Assume people care enough about you to fool you.
2. Add scientific terms and definitions to give credibility, even if it really doesn't have much to do with the theory
3. ???
4. Profit!

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Re:one more verse by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-09 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny

People like you
Make such a todo
'bout images they ibue
With an altered hue

'Tis nothing that's new
This thing they do
With pix they do screw
Boo hoo, boo hoo.
Solution by Dr.+Evil · 2004-01-09 08:32 · Score: 4, Funny

It's o.k. if you read it in a William Shatner voice.
Re:Check the links, editors by bugbread · 2004-01-09 08:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, whenever you get in a wreck you should just roll to disbelieve instead.
Re:Check the links, editors by orthogonal · 2004-01-09 08:41 · Score: 4, Funny

There's nothing dishonest or misleading about "false color".

Try convincing the University of Michigan Admissions Office of that, the next time you claim your blond dreadlocks make you one of the oppressed.

Well, it didn't work for me, anyway.

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Re:Check the links, editors by Jeremy+Erwin · 2004-01-09 09:02 · Score: 5, Funny

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