Hundreds of hi-res Mars photos, page 1
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Topic started on 1-6-2008 @ 07:16 PM by Dan Tanna
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Just go follow the link and drop your jaw, especially the one photo of Jupiter and its moons from Mars orbit.

A great set of images all round. Some of the colours will amaze you


reply posted on 2-6-2008 @ 11:31 AM by Soylent Green Is People
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Yes -- I too have been enjoying going to that site (along with viewing all the daily raw images from the Mars Rovers) for quite some time now.

by Dan Tanna
A great set of images all round. Some of the colours will amaze you


But be warned about some of the colors you see in those images -- many of them are "false color" images that were created that way to show contrast between ceratin materials to make those materials "stand out" more.

However, you are right -- many of the "approximate true color" images ARE certainly astounding.


[edit on 6/2/2008 by Soylent Green Is People]


reply posted on 2-6-2008 @ 04:29 PM by ArMaP
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All the colours in the HiRISE images are false colours, the IRB images are made with infrared, red and blue+green, while the RGB images are made with red, blue+green and synthetic blue (the values of the blue+green channel multiplied by 2 minus 30% of the values from the red channel).
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