posted on Mar, 19 2007 @ 09:13 PM
A little clarity for this thread (and other threads of this nature).
At first glance I thought to myself "Well assuming these are objects other than rock, why are they not a different color?" Sure there may be some
dust or dirt on them, but you would see SOME variation in color.
Then I remembered something.
Mars color pics are NOT real color ... they are always (if someone can prove me otherwise, please do) color-corrected or enhanced in some manner to
bring out features. Now I would assume this is not a batch-type job, as some images would require a different "filter" per se to bring out that
image's particular features. But even assuming that raw data is spit into a computer which applies one standard filter to all images ...
... you are not seeing raw data. We can assume that anything CAN BE edited in/out of the image IF the image is indeed corrected in any way before we
see it. Like the color pics. This leads me to believe that someone has the power to make sure any anomalies would be removed if they did indeed
exist.
Now it is my understanding that the b&w pics also have some contrast filters applied to them. Can anyone elaborate on that?
That all being said, I'm 100% sure that even if any of these pictures DID really show anything other than rocks, we'd really have NO WAY WHATSOEVER
to verify it one way or another. Unless Mr. Lear has any input ...