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I took a 100% crop out of the 67MB TIF file and applied some curves adjustment and advanced sharpening.

http://www.pbase.com/image/24956931

Interesting view of the area they plan to explore first, but right there by the rover is a huge rock they will likely take wack at first.

You can also see the footprints left by the rover as it bounce through the depression.
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RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
 
Hey folks

i downloaded the original latest high res image and started to look at it in detail.

Found a couple of things that made me wide eyed.

In the image in the foreground on the left and the right are two rocks with very neat square holes cut into them near ground level.

I have taken screen grabs but don't have anywhere to load them so I can show you.

Maybe they are artefacts of the image but given the high res of the image this all seems a bit weird. Both rocks appear to have been cut in half.

Have a look and if any of you have somewhere I can load them let me know.
RichO said:
I took a 100% crop out of the 67MB TIF file and applied some curves
adjustment and advanced sharpening.

http://www.pbase.com/image/24956931

Interesting view of the area they plan to explore first, but right
there by the rover is a huge rock they will likely take wack at
first.

You can also see the footprints left by the rover as it bounce
through the depression.
--
RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
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wazza said:
Hey folks

i downloaded the original latest high res image and started to look
at it in detail.

Found a couple of things that made me wide eyed.

In the image in the foreground on the left and the right are two
rocks with very neat square holes cut into them near ground level.

I have taken screen grabs but don't have anywhere to load them so I
can show you.

Maybe they are artefacts of the image but given the high res of the
image this all seems a bit weird. Both rocks appear to have been
cut in half.

Have a look and if any of you have somewhere I can load them let me
know.
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Send them to [email protected], I shall put them somewhere for you.
J.
wazza said:
RichO said:
I took a 100% crop out of the 67MB TIF file and applied some curves
adjustment and advanced sharpening.

http://www.pbase.com/image/24956931

Interesting view of the area they plan to explore first, but right
there by the rover is a huge rock they will likely take wack at
first.

You can also see the footprints left by the rover as it bounce
through the depression.
--
RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
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http://jonr.beecee.org/

 
Sending them to you now
Jón Ragnarsson said:
wazza said:
Hey folks

i downloaded the original latest high res image and started to look
at it in detail.

Found a couple of things that made me wide eyed.

In the image in the foreground on the left and the right are two
rocks with very neat square holes cut into them near ground level.

I have taken screen grabs but don't have anywhere to load them so I
can show you.

Maybe they are artefacts of the image but given the high res of the
image this all seems a bit weird. Both rocks appear to have been
cut in half.

Have a look and if any of you have somewhere I can load them let me
know.
Click to expand...
Send them to [email protected], I shall put them somewhere for you.
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My property is a box canyon that lies along an ancient coast of sea that once covered most of Texas. I have found rocks that were formed by water leeching through rocks ( similiar to the same process in caves) and leaking springs that look very much like those you see near the rover. I believe they are probably expect those to be close to some carbonate or silica based rock; chert or flint.... On my property I have also seen what look like square veins of flint...might be because of the clay formations???

--
RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
 
Jón Ragnarsson said:
Here are Wassa's crops:
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Member said:
The martians are tiny! :)
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Actually, what that made me think of was the remains of an ancient dodge-ball setup, where the post had long since rusted away from the concrete plug in the ground...

Thanks to both of you for the interesting photo examinations, I also really enjoyed the enhanced crop from the panorama. The first time I heard someone on NasaTV exclaim "Hey, those look like airbag prints" I thought they were right, and I'm still sure. That bodes well for exploring what otherwise looks like a scary bottomless pit of fine dust.

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---> Kendall
http://www.pbase.com/kgelner
http://www.pbase.com/sigmasd9/user_home
 
I see holes, but not anything square. There is a bit of Jpeg aliasing on the images. Does the rover transmit images back as Jpegs? I was hoping NASA would make lossless files available, but so far I haven't seen any.
 
I converted them to jpeg from the original tiff file as they were too large to post.

The holes are indeed square and not due to artefacts of the conversion.

However, a good explanation for the square holes has already been given.

I was not suggesting anything untoward, just thought it was interesting.
Victor Engel said:
I see holes, but not anything square. There is a bit of Jpeg
aliasing on the images. Does the rover transmit images back as
Jpegs? I was hoping NASA would make lossless files available, but
so far I haven't seen any.
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Where are the original tiff files? I've seen tiffs for the mosaics but not for original individual frames. What format does the lander use to transmit images back? I was beginning to think Jpeg.
wazza said:
The holes are indeed square and not due to artefacts of the
conversion.

However, a good explanation for the square holes has already been
given.

I was not suggesting anything untoward, just thought it was
interesting.
Victor Engel said:
I see holes, but not anything square. There is a bit of Jpeg
aliasing on the images. Does the rover transmit images back as
Jpegs? I was hoping NASA would make lossless files available, but
so far I haven't seen any.
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I enlarged and cropped a portion of the rock nicknamed, "The Door." I used PS CS Shadow/Highlight feature to bring out the details in the shadows. I aggressively sharpened it, so it would also bring out more of the details in the shadow.

Larger size:
http://www.pbase.com/image/25302301/original



You can get the original TIFF here:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA05103.tif

Other TIFF files are located here including new hi-res shots from the mars rover.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targetFamily/Mars

--
RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
 
It should benamed Wazza's Door after it's discoverer.

Also, don't forget the other door - maybe Son of Wazza's Door....
RichO said:
I enlarged and cropped a portion of the rock nicknamed, "The Door."
I used PS CS Shadow/Highlight feature to bring out the details in
the shadows. I aggressively sharpened it, so it would also bring
out more of the details in the shadow.

Larger size:
http://www.pbase.com/image/25302301/original



You can get the original TIFF here:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA05103.tif

Other TIFF files are located here including new hi-res shots from
the mars rover.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targetFamily/Mars

--
RichO :)
San Antonio, TX
http://www.equipu.com
http://www.pbase.com/richo/
'Life is a dance, Love is the music.'
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