Colorization of Mars Images?

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."

Comments

PR stunt

[Zeelan]

Everyone knows that Mars is red. So changing the colors on the pictures that they show to the public is probable just a PR stunt... to make it look exotic and exciting... when it really doesn't look at that exotic...

Or... if your like to think big... it is really just eastern Oregon that they are showing and they really spent all money on something else.

Zeelan

Faked

[milsim]

[insert here: obligatory post on faked moon and mars landings]

there should be a blue sky on Mars?

[night_flyer]

why? what is the martian atmosphere composed of?

Earth's is 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases. and even then givin certain scenarios even earths sky isnt blue