Explaining the Mars Photo Colorization

TaddyPorter writes "I've seen stories going around the 'net in regards to NASA editing photos of mars. Mainly, the sundial used for calibration showed different colors than the dial on mars. While a wide range of explanations were taking shape, the Pancam Payload Element Lead for the mission, Jim Bell of Cornell University, was kind of enough to explain the color differences."

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Dont trust this man, he's part of the conspiracy!!

[Flounder]

They're really colorizing the pictures from Mars to hide the proof of aliens!!

Actually, now it makes alot of sense. But that still won't stop the conspiracy kooks from claiming otherwise.

If blue=pink, then green=??

[earplug]

If blue appears pink on Mars, what is the real color of the little green guys?

Re:Dont trust this man, he's part of the conspirac

[Yo Grark]

I don't trust him.

His website was taken down immediatly after slashdot posted this.

His "truth" couldn't stand up to the slashdoting scrutiny!

Yo Grark

Re:In conclusion:

[Anonymous Coward]

This just in: most of the images from Hubble are also colorized, apparently because some people took offense to not being able to see in the infrared. Additionally there appears to be a hint of the same fiasco at many radio telescopes.

Re:Conspiracy theorists

[fredrikj]

Well, if you zoom in even further, you'll find that everything is made up of tiny squares of different colors. The odd thing about it is that they are COMPLETELY square, as if the moon was built from Lego bricks or something. Clearly there is something going on here.