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Colorization of Mars Images?

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Re:Carly's Home? by happyfrogcow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "who the F*CK are the kenutzens?"

  2. Re:Don't forget... by xtrucial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At first, nothing happened. Then I started smiling at your posts. Next... laughing?

  3. Re:Check the links, editors by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    /me makes $$$ on street corners selling Type-R stickers at $100 a pop for saturn users muhahahaha

  4. Color correction is for the best by Failte+Dog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Those Martians are going to want to make a good first impression when they line up in front of the rovers to have their pictures taken for OSDN Personals, and JPL is getting rid of any of that nasty red eye. "I enjoy long walks on the dry beach and a couple pan galactic gargle blasters on the weekend"

  5. Look at me be a grammar nazi by Neutron+Bob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RIMMER: (VO) After intensive investigation, comma, of the markings on the alien pod, comma, it has become clear, comma, to me, comma, that we are dealing, comma, with a species of awesome intellect, colon. HOLLY: Good. Perhaps they might be able to give you a hand with your punctuation.

  6. Commas by greygent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice job with the random placement of commas, it really adds to the flow of your words!

  7. Re:Check the links, editors by iron_weasel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And why can't movie actors learn how to really look they are chewing tobacco instead of just having a big gob of spit in the front of their mouth and it ready to run out. And none of them can spit worth a shit either.

    There are conspiracy everywhere. Nein? Shizer!

  8. Re:Check the links, editors by jesser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think so.

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  9. Re:Check the links, editors by Wolfrider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +1 I enjoyed that. :)

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  10. Re:Voyager backdrops by Wolfrider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +2 rotflmao

    --That reminded me of a "Young Ones" episode, as well.

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  11. Thank you by op00to · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    YHBT