Zamboni_14 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 They put the mission together tomorrow and I'd sign up to go for free. No question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Common sense Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 The sunrise from Mars - simply beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zamboni_14 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 The sunrise from Mars - simply beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera. Scientists will be taking a closer look at several splotches in the foreground that appear gray. These areas show the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground. What appeared as a dark strip of dunes in previous, black-and-white pictures from Curiosity can also be seen along the top of this mosaic, but the color images also reveal additional shades of reddish brown around the dunes, likely indicating different textures or materials. The images were taken late Aug. 8 PDT (Aug. 9 EDT) by the 34-millimeter Mast Camera. This panorama mosaic was made of 130 images of 144 by 144 pixels each. Selected full frames from this panorama, which are 1,200 by 1,200 pixels each, are expected to be transmitted to Earth later. The images in this panorama were brightened in the processing. Mars only receives half the sunlight Earth does and this image was taken in the late Martian afternoon. Full size image: http://www.nasa.gov/...9-full_full.jpg Absolutely gorgeous picture. Other pics: Full size picture here: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/675184main_pia16026-full_full.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera. Scientists will be taking a closer look at several splotches in the foreground that appear gray. These areas show the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground. What appeared as a dark strip of dunes in previous, black-and-white pictures from Curiosity can also be seen along the top of this mosaic, but the color images also reveal additional shades of reddish brown around the dunes, likely indicating different textures or materials. The images were taken late Aug. 8 PDT (Aug. 9 EDT) by the 34-millimeter Mast Camera. This panorama mosaic was made of 130 images of 144 by 144 pixels each. Selected full frames from this panorama, which are 1,200 by 1,200 pixels each, are expected to be transmitted to Earth later. The images in this panorama were brightened in the processing. Mars only receives half the sunlight Earth does and this image was taken in the late Martian afternoon. Full size image: http://www.nasa.gov/...9-full_full.jpg Absolutely gorgeous picture. Other pics: Full size picture here: http://www.nasa.gov/...6-full_full.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 the quality of the pictures seem to be getting better. still blows me away that for all our ignorance and stupidity we can manage to achieve things like this , maybe there really is hope for our species . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 the quality of the pictures seem to be getting better. still blows me away that for all our ignorance and stupidity we can manage to achieve things like this , maybe there really is hope for our species . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Or maybe this isn't really that big in the grand scheme of things. Dun dun dun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Or maybe this isn't really that big in the grand scheme of things. Dun dun dun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Witnessing the Descent Stage Crash? The distant blob seen in the view on left, taken by a Hazard-Avoidance camera on NASA's Curiosity rover, may be a cloud created during the crash of the rover's descent stage. Pictures taken about 45 minutes later (right) do not show the cloud, providing further evidence it was from the crash. The bright spot at upper center, which is larger in the view at right, is due to image saturation from looking at the sun. These images are from the rover's rear Hazard-avoidance cameras. They are one-quarter of full resolution. See larger picture here: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/675819main_pia16042-full_full.jpg Pretty neat to have caught the moment of impact. Also amazing that all of the things that had to go right, did...and even those that didn't have to go right, did too. Great feat of engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 So glad NASA didn't go with Plan B to land Curiosity on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 When did it leave earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaK Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 So glad NASA didn't go with Plan B to land Curiosity on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 This thing crashes because of the martian spies in Nasa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jab316 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/08/10/12-crazy-facts-about-the-mars-rover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 Anyone else thinking to themselves while watching this, that the NASA scientist is hot? Anyways, yeah...Mars n' stuff....fascinating.....i bet she smells like strawberries or vanilla...yeah, vanilla....mmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nLm6RwHyA6M These are some colour images from mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 i wish the mars rover from earth would meet up with a mars rover from another planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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