Ann House emailed me a picture she had been sent as a joke, seeming to show a "bug" on Mars. I chuckled, thinking it was like the PhotoShopped pictures seen here that show Wal Mart and McDonald's signs on Mars. But then, just for the heck of it, I had a look at the original image on the NASA/JPL web site. It was there too. Here are small (300 kB) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040202a/MSPan_B1_... and large (9 MB) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040202a/MSPan_B1_... versions of the picture in question. The "bug" is located about 2/3 of the way across (left to right) and not quite half way up the image. I've put a close up of the object (supplied by Ann) here http://planet.state.ut.us/temp/WHATISIT.JPG Ideas? Something that came from the lander? Note, BTW, that the "bug's antennae" are above the surface and cast shadows. Patrick
I think it's a micro-jackrabbit. -mc On Feb 3, 2004, at 8:47 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Ann House emailed me a picture she had been sent as a joke, seeming to show a "bug" on Mars.
I chuckled, thinking it was like the PhotoShopped pictures seen here that show Wal Mart and McDonald's signs on Mars.
But then, just for the heck of it, I had a look at the original image on the NASA/JPL web site. It was there too.
Here are small (300 kB) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040202a/ MSPan_B1_2x-B009R1_br2.jpg and large (9 MB) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040202a/ MSPan_B1_2x-B009R1.jpg versions of the picture in question.
The "bug" is located about 2/3 of the way across (left to right) and not quite half way up the image.
I've put a close up of the object (supplied by Ann) here http://planet.state.ut.us/temp/WHATISIT.JPG
Ideas? Something that came from the lander? Note, BTW, that the "bug's antennae" are above the surface and cast shadows.
Patrick
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Now that we've admired the Martian trilobite, let's examine the Mars mushrooms! -- Joe http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/010/1P129075117EFF0224P2370L2...
Joe Bauman wrote:
Now that we've admired the Martian trilobite, let's examine the Mars mushrooms! -- Joe
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/010/1P129075117EFF0224P2370L2...
And more mushrooms (just released in the past few minutes). Look at that fat, juicy one in the lower left. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040204a/1M1290709... Patrick
Out on the SLAS web site Tom Watson posted a series of pictures of a partial eclipse that he took in June of 2002 with his C 11 PGS: http://www.slas.ws/profiles/tomw/TOMW.HTML I down loaded the images and created a animated gif and sent it to Tom. I got his permission to post it here for your enjoyment. See attached. Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online
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