Mars

  On 12/3/2009 at 9:21 AM, essines said:

i know gays and they, for the most part, told me they didn't know of false colour imaging. and i ignored those that did know of it, educated swine.

Oh man I was totally thinking of the Jews, what an idiot. .

  On 12/3/2009 at 9:23 AM, Gocab said:

I'm so going to Mars Holocaust 2010.

lol

  On 12/2/2009 at 11:56 PM, data said:

  On 12/2/2009 at 11:15 PM, ezkerraldean said:

 

is that second picture Endurance crater or Victoria crater? the Opportunity rover went to it

 

it's the victoria crater, here's some rover tracks:

 

now i see that and im like 'hey man leave mars the fuck alone'

anyone else?

I'm like "rover breakdance"

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com

for all speculations and "proof" for life, architecture, signs of civilization etc. on mars.

  On 12/2/2009 at 9:57 PM, data said:

What's going on in this photo? Is the satellites hair getting in the way or something?

I think the petri dish containing essines beard sample slipped in front of the lens

  On 12/2/2009 at 10:08 PM, Squee said:

That's it. I'm moving to Mars.

Enjoy.

Saw a documentary series a couple of years back called Life on Mars and they're about 30 years behind. Flares and moustaches and the Bay City Rollers still really big there.

  On 12/3/2009 at 2:46 PM, Conor74 said:

  On 12/2/2009 at 10:08 PM, Squee said:

That's it. I'm moving to Mars.

Enjoy.

 

Saw a documentary series a couple of years back called Life on Mars and they're about 30 years behind. Flares and moustaches and the Bay City Rollers still really big there.

They've just got their first McDonalds though, that's a sign of progression.

Wonder does the ban on anal tomfoolery in Uganda cover Martians probing?

Planet porn makes me feel small in the pants.

  On 12/3/2009 at 2:40 PM, Barricade said:

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com

 

for all speculations and "proof" for life, architecture, signs of civilization etc. on mars.

someone should do a clouds-look-like-stuff.org/truth

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2009/167/parrotopia.htm

Scroll down and lol

the parrot part is wildly stupid, but the faces look intriguing...

kinda reminds me of the images of Jesus everywhere, even pancakes...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/slideshow?id=2729439

I watched Total Recall tonight, in honor of this thread.

Total Recall, Robocop, true 80's kid.

*touch*

I love Paul Verhoeven movies, well the ones I've seen lol

  On 12/3/2009 at 2:42 PM, Obel said:

 

What's going on in this photo? Is the satellites hair getting in the way or something?

dust devil (little mars tornado) tracks, etched onto the surface. there's also a nice little fresh crater in there.

the rovers have both seen actual dust devils from the ground too. pretty awesome shit

  On 12/3/2009 at 9:14 AM, modey said:

is there a point to false colour imaging?

yep, it can bring out compositional differences and shit like that, or just enhance colour differences that would otherwise go unnoticed to the naked eye. it also takes a suprising amount of effort to make such a complex camera take pictures that represent what the human eye would see.

I'm fascinated by Mars, seriously. I'm in love with the idea of terraforming it -

That's an artists impression of stages of terraforming Mars. Of course it's all speculative but I think that would be human engineering used to a positive end for a change (on such a massive scale I mean). If we could pull of a spectacle like that, it would be the single most positive thing the human race has ever done.

But of course we won't. We're doomed to fail as we circle the drain and the rings get ever smaller and smaller.

  On 12/4/2009 at 2:09 PM, Obel said:

But of course we won't. We're doomed to fail as we circle the drain and the rings get ever smaller and smaller.

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the Prozac go down.

  On 12/3/2009 at 9:14 AM, modey said:

is there a point to false colour imaging?

This is something that has always pissed me off. I always want to see stuff as it would look if i was just looking at it in real life. Fair enough if they want exagerate colours for the scientific angle etc but what's the point otherwise?

Also, does anyone have any rover video footage? It doesn't seem like their is any.

  On 12/4/2009 at 1:59 PM, ezkerraldean said:

  On 12/3/2009 at 9:14 AM, modey said:

is there a point to false colour imaging?

yep, it can bring out compositional differences and shit like that, or just enhance colour differences that would otherwise go unnoticed to the naked eye. it also takes a suprising amount of effort to make such a complex camera take pictures that represent what the human eye would see.

My iphone takes pictures that the human eye would see

Seriously, what do you mean?

  On 12/4/2009 at 3:00 PM, Rambo said:

My iphone takes pictures that the human eye would see

 

Seriously, what do you mean?

meh, i don't know the ins and outs of photography in any way. but the two rovers carry on them little colour plates stuck to their outsides so the camera can repeatedly refer to them for calibration.

these things from here

i guess since the cameras on space probes are uber-cameras designed to pick up shit that people can't see and probably detect wavelengths we can't see, so calibration must be more difficult. completely different light levels and atmospheric conditions on mars might play a part too