Phoenix Mars Lander Images.

[Alessandra]

Im not sure if this has been posted elsewhere yet, but I was watching NASA TV yesterday to listen in on the precarious touchdown of the Phoenix Mars lander. the 50/50 chance they gave it to be a success, well...

it was a success, and a near perfect landing to boot.

I've saved most of the images from the initial low-res 'inspection', of what NASA received within the first few hrs of its landing.

Thanks to Nasa.gov

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/229891main_phxnew-landscape.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/229895main_SS000EDN896227848_10C70R.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/229951main_S_000EFF_CYL_SR10CA8_R88.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/229961main_combo-1-427.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230077main_SS000EFF896228288_10C96L.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230085main_SS000EFF896228579_10CA8R.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230105main_S_000EFF_CYL_SR10CA8_R22.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230109main_S_000EFF_CYL_SR10CA8_R88.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230113main_S_000EFF_CYL_SR10CA8_R88.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230127main_post-427.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230117main_false_color_postcard_516.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/229999main_SS000EFF896228773_10CA8R.jpg

:shock: :shock: :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Yo Mama]

Ooo! dust and rocks and a noticeably NOT blue sky.

Go fig. LOL

Thanks for posting those, Chii.

[Alessandra]

in the last pic, you can kinda see something near the horizon. NASA outright said that they do not know what it is. It could very well be the heat shield, parachute, or maybe a very shiny alien. -_-

[Yo Mama]

Or a rock. LOL

[Alessandra]

Or a rock. LOL


yeah yeah that too lol. But whats the fun in pointing out Occam's Razor?

[Yo Mama]

Occam's Razor is my very favorite toy. I don't leave home without it.

[graham72]

nice one Chiiru!

Saw the images this morning on Sky News (UK) somewhat wanting to see the blue sky, ( i know it exists) but it seems the good old guys at Nasa have still not callibrated those PC monitors yet. - lol

Anyhow - lets get rock hunting - bring on those anomolies!!!!

thanks for posting the images!!!

G

[Alessandra]

At the moment, NASA is doing their second Press Conference, with new photos. One of the satellites caught an image of Phoenix after it deployed its parachute.
'Course I have to LOL when they say they need to send em through "Image Processing".

Additional Images tonight. Supposedly.

[Yo Mama]

Chii, your hair burkha is scaring me. :lol:

[Alessandra]

you say this but your LOL is giving you away!!!

[Alessandra]

Taken yesterday from the HiRISE...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/PHX_Lander_800-600.jpg

You can see the parachute, the lines holding the parachute with the Lander, and the Lander itself.

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

Hey look!

It's Ducky!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee162/21b45o13x25c54o34d45e/229891main_phxnew-landscape.jpg

[Alessandra]

I messed with the levels in photoshop.. check out the lines...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/PHX_Lander_800-600levels.jpg

[Alessandra]

Hey look!

It's Ducky!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee162/21b45o13x25c54o34d45e/229891main_phxnew-landscape.jpg


rofl :lol:

[Alessandra]

The Lander seems to have slid a little, and dug into the ground...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/9271_cutout_800-600.jpg

[graham72]

Interesting to see dust n crap all over the lander foot, So..... why didnt Apollo's feet have the same dust n crap too ????

I do believe they went .. im not so sure all the perfect photos are from the moon.

Keep em comming dude

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

I admit I wasn't aware of this lander until just the other day, so judging by the foot shot, I take it this wasn't an air bag landing?

[Alessandra]

During entry, a parachute was deployed. At a certain point, the parachute was jettisoned from the lander, and thrusters were used to put it on the surface.

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

Interesting to see dust n crap all over the lander foot, So..... why didnt Apollo's feet have the same dust n crap too ????

I do believe they went .. im not so sure all the perfect photos are from the moon.

Keep em comming dude

I believe we have yet to see the "perfect photos" taken of the moon...

BTW, Chiiru's an...um...cutie "dudette," dude... 8)

[Alessandra]

Hopefully this will help explain.

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[Yo Mama]

Yeah, it kind of does. In space, it's fucking dark. :lol:

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

During entry, a parachute was deployed. At a certain point, the parachute was jettisoned from the lander, and thrusters were used to put it on the surface.

Well in that case, it is quite an achievement!

Looks like they finally got the standard to metric conversion calculations worked out...or was it the other way 'round?

[Alessandra]

Interesting to see dust n crap all over the lander foot, So..... why didnt Apollo's feet have the same dust n crap too ????

I do believe they went .. im not so sure all the perfect photos are from the moon.

Keep em comming dude

I believe we have yet to see the "perfect photos" taken of the moon...

BTW, Chiiru's an...um...cutie "dudette," dude... 8)

rofl!

I think he's referring to the Apollo missions, man. :P

[Yo Mama]

Aw, she fixed it. Now my joke is not teh funnee. :(

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

Yeah, it kind of does. In space, it's fucking dark. :lol:

And quiet, too...

Looks like the animators took some cues from "Firefly" and used the hand-held racking focus technique to add a touch of realism to their video...

[graham72]

ROFL = metric Imperial ... now that was funny. AS IF !!!!!!!! they must think we are bloody daft!! more like the project went Black !!!

But to be fair.. I was not aware of that lander too, makes you wonder if we don't pay attention to public probes, then how many classified probes/ships are deployed without our knowing.

Love to get Richard Hoaglands view on these early images. Might pop over to Enterprise mission to see whats going off there.

Anyone know what its duration/life expectancy is .. asuming you have not got anyone to clean the solar panels like the other lander (forgot the name) that a whole bunch of Nasa emplyees witnessed before their screens went blank.

[Yo Mama]

It was Rover, wasn't it?

[Alessandra]

Just like the Phoenix's mobile predecessors, it's supposed to be 90 days. We all know how well the Rovers (Spirit & Opportunity) did, So who knows. At least until Martian winter. -225 Degrees Fahrenheit doesn't seem to be optimal conditions for electronics...

[theeindiee]

Wow ya know... I cannot wrap my head around this crap. These pictures look like they were taken with a camera from the 60s. Almost every picture they release of anything looks like cheap crap from the 60s.... and ya know my friends' cell phones can take better pictures than that...
If there are any good photos, they take months and months to release. Incompetence, right?
Bad management, right? Yes, heading what is supposed to be our SPACE PROGRAM with ROCKET SCIENTISTS, we have complete incompetence?

Oh and what about all those "HiDef" pictures we're always being shown?

They look like complete shit! So does high definition television. I can't believe people buy into things so easily nowadays.

It... quite simply... is all complete shit, and we're eating it like garfield eats lasagna.

[Alessandra]

Wow ya know... I cannot wrap my head around this crap. These pictures look like they were taken with a camera from the 60s. Almost every picture they release of anything looks like cheap crap from the 60s.... and ya know my friends' cell phones can take better pictures than that...
If there are any good photos, they take months and months to release. Incompetence, right?
Bad management, right? Yes, heading what is supposed to be our SPACE PROGRAM with ROCKET SCIENTISTS, we have complete incompetence?

Oh and what about all those "HiDef" pictures we're always being shown?

They look like complete shit! So does high definition television. I can't believe people buy into things so easily nowadays.

It... quite simply... is all complete shit, and we're eating it like garfield eats lasagna.


you do realize all of the images I've posted, save for the HiRISE image, were sent immediately as they received them, with no editing. The camera used to take these photos was only to make sure the lander landed in a decent spot and to get initial photos. Later tonight, when the Odyssey satellite does another once-over over the lander, it will send the photos it took today. Its not all Shit, so hold your fuckin' horses man. Nothing is all conspiracy.
I find Mars (well, hell, space) fascinating and I think this is the real thing. To hell with Hoaxie and Lear! lol.

Edit: Spelling of Odyssey -_-

[Yo Mama]

I find Mars (well, hell, space) fascinating and I think this is the real thing. To hell with Hoaxie and Lear! lol.

You can haz applawz.

a]gF0KCZxqiX0a]

[graham72]

Yeah but, why the wait..why the image processing, why all the waiting?? what are they doing to those images, i mean ..its still in black and white for gods sake!! maybe ill send my canon Colour model to attach to the rover thingy!!

maybe im a bit of a bumb ass , but why is every image black and white.

Anyhow , we are still waiting for the Chinese images too of the moon, god.. i bet they are still reading the Photoshop manual lol

like " how do we use the clone tool for this building moon base" ??

Richard Hoagland and John Lear are shining stars.. leave em alone they do great work and research.

[Alessandra]

No thats the thing, the original B&W images, if you were not listening earlier....

they were immediately uploaded, and immediately seen. I saw them before the press conference, I saw them as they came in (NASA TV) there was no Image processing.
the camera that took these photos in B&W is a small camera, made to see if the lander LANDED decently (hence the picture of the FOOTPAD and SOLAR CELLS).

No disrespect to Hogie and Lear, I just have a hard time understanding them lol

[Yo Mama]

It's like the pic from an SUV's backup cam. No need to put high res photographic equipment in that scenario.

[Alessandra]

Yeah but, why the wait..why the image processing, why all the waiting??

you do realize their linkup is pretty much LOS (Line of Sight), right?
In order for them to receive the images, they need to wait until the odyssey satellite is above the horizon, so the folks from JPL can send the command to uplink the info from the lander, to Odyssey, to their computer. Not sure how often it happens, however.

[graham72]

oh sorry guys,

I see now, well congrats Chi' you are one fast dude(ess) nice one !!

In that case, i do hope Nasa post Mr Blue Sky !!!

By the way, Lexus over here in the UK have colour screens for reversing. lol

[Alessandra]

I hope so too. Theres gonna be another linkup tonight so hopefully we'll see something awesome.

[Alessandra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230217main_sol0final_516-387.jpg

why am I hungry for rust now?

[Yo Mama]

I can haz tiramisu?

[johnlear]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230217main_sol0final_516-387.jpg

why am I hungry for rust now?


The sky is blue on the moon and 600 million people live there and this is all we get? Are you kidding me? Is NASA kidding us? This must be another NASA joke like Apollo missions to the Moon.

Oh, by the way, here is another picture of that refinery on the farside of the Moon:

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9527/towersdl7.jpg

[Yo Mama]

I thought we were talking about Mars here.

Now I haz a hedake.

[theeindiee]

The thing is.... I don't get their logic by using the crappiest little camera, even for a direct LOS link-up. They could have the same success with a better quality camera. It's amazing what advancements in both photography AND communications have done for these types of situations nowadays.... but apparently NASA likes living in the past and doing things in the most difficult way possible. :roll:

I have no patience for government swine. :shaking2:

[graham72]

Holy Crap ! John,

that image is amazing !!!! How on earth can Naza cover up this stuff!! when there are images like that staring you in the face.

Cheers buddy !!!

G


## john, could you email me a bigger picture on that refinary, when/if you have time, many thanks ##

[Yo Mama]

I see rocks. No refinery. But whatever. LOL

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

I see pixels...

[Yo Mama]

I see ded peeple.

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

Nope, they're just pixels...the ded peeple are all dust.

[johnlear]

I see rocks. No refinery. But whatever. LOL

Yes, GN, as I mentioned before you might have another couple of tours (re-ups, as we used to call them) ahead of you. :)

[Alessandra]

I must've missed it too.
Maybe its just me being hungry thats making me so blind!

Sheesh and all I wanted to do was share these neat pics! I, for one, am very excited about this.

edit:

I see it bnow. Verrah Verrah dinky.

[Yo Mama]

Some people think they see jeebus on a tortilla.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Kali_Ma/Z-1/JesusTortilla.jpg

But it doesn't mean he's really there. Just sayin.

[skunk]

That's not Jeebus? I was lied to? Damn.

As I was telling Chiiru before, elements of NASA know what is really going on in space. Most of them have no idea because they're not privy to the sort of information.

The minority of pictures/videos/information that ends up being 'leaked' to the public has already gone through a filter.

As with every other government entity, the crooks are in control and the 'straight-edged' people get the shaft. Go figure.

How many scientists have been suppressed and/or murdered because of a threat to the power structure?

Anyway, thanks for the images Chiiru and John. The truth will come out some day.

[Alessandra]

Supposedly theres another press conference tomorrow Noon MST. something like that. they should be getting the new photos now. Time to play with Photoshop!!

[Foxtrot Oscar]

What's with the strange picture sizes?

Any idea what kind of compression/format they use to send these pics from there to here?

Fox

[Yo Mama]

I believe the printer at our end is a small spool once used to hold thread that is wound by mice.

That's all the budget would pay for, what with all the cuts to the space program. :lol:

[Alessandra]

the Long ones and the ones looking like a funky T are several images sewn together to get a larger picture (i.e. Panorama photos)

Give me an hr or two, jpl has a crapton more photos. I'll pick the interesting ones lol

[Alessandra]

as promised, one of many sure to come. Plz be patient with me, as I am dealing with a psychotic woman (mom).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230628main_raw1-20080526.jpg

[Alessandra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230709main_S_001EDN_POL_SR10D0E_L11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230262main_SS001EDN896305412_10CF6L.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/lg_449.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/lg_541.jpg


next image is rather large, so I'll save it for a separate post

[Alessandra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/lg_549.jpg

[Alessandra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/lg_540.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/lg_548.jpg

[Foxtrot Oscar]

Ahhh they stuck the little pics together and made big ones...

That would make sense I suppose!

What's with the freaky old school 3D effort?

And where are all the little green men?

Fox

[Alessandra]

...

Oh Shit son! Brb lemme find those 3D glasses I got in my Nightmare on Elm Street box set...

[Alessandra]

Yep, that'd be 3D Imaging, for you. If you have 3D glasses I'd recommend looking at it, its rather amazing.

if you want a bigger image...

http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_540.jpg

[Yo Mama]

Heh! My daughter had some in her SharkBoy and Lavagirl DVD.

If the purpose of 3D is to give you a headache and make your eyes wobble, then it's 3D.

Otherwise, it's just Guatemalan insanity peppers.

[Alessandra]

lol it is a bit blurry, but the stuff popped out on my glasses. Wow it was like I was on Mars alr....


I didn't say that.

:? 8)

[Yo Mama]

It could be an effect of the laptop's LED screen. It just made my eyes hurt. LOL

[Alessandra]

pfft who uses CRT still anyway..

oh wait,


NASA does! lmfao :lol: :batman:

[Alessandra]

MOAR!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230874main_Sol001_weather_report_bl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230870main_S_001RAD_PER_S_10D10_RRG.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230862main_PSP_008591_2485_RGB_Land.jpg

[Yo Mama]

Why do I suddenly have a craving for hot cocoa? All Mars needs is some little marshmallows and a shitload of hot water.

[Alessandra]

oh god just thinking about all the sugar in hot coco makes me enter a diabetic coma....

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee162/21b45o13x25c54o34d45e/230709main_S_001EDN_POL_SR10D0E_L11.jpg

[Yo Mama]

I thought it was the camera in the earth studio that NASA hasn't had the chance to airbrush out yet. :roll:

[Die Fledermaus]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/230870main_S_001RAD_PER_S_10D10_RRG.jpg


Die Fledermaus sees a stack of Martian Porn DVDs.

[Alessandra]

roflmao. and the american flag.

Point here?

You want porn, you come to America ;)

lmao

[graham72]

i see the American Flag is not red white and blue (again!) or is it now a dull shade of red and blue. I dont suppose its the red light diffusion from the red rocks or landscape ??

Image Processing ...mmm. Cant beat it !!

[Bitchkoma]

Hey, they found what appears to be ice.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mars lander uncovers signs of ice (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7431264.stm)
Phoenix Landing Rockets May Have Already Uncovered First Ice Sample | Wired Science from Wired.com (http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/phoenix-landing.html)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44709000/jpg/_44709340_phoenix_ice_466.jpg

[the titan]

My mind must be playing tricks on me.... almost look like footprints.......... almost.

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

i see the American Flag is not red white and blue (again!) or is it now a dull shade of red and blue. I dont suppose its the red light diffusion from the red rocks or landscape ??

Image Processing ...mmm. Cant beat it !!

Yeah, I noticed that too...

I was messing around briefly with color values the other day, trying to bring it to a more "natural" hue but I was too tired to see straight and gave up...

[mttcarv]

Whats your thoughts on this? There seems to be alot of speculation as to weather its some kind of bolt or screw some are even saying its a fossil. :|

[GhostOfCaptSpaulding]

Well some of us are convinced that Naza is definitely missing a few screws, maybe that's one of them!

They've certainly been screwing the public for years...

Actually, it looks like a seahorse to me... :mrgreen:

Edit to add:

Lest I be remiss; Welcome to AmKon mttcarv!

[mttcarv]

Thanks for the welcome it makes a nice change to be here ive been lurking in the background for sometime now on here aswell as ats dare i say it.Started off researching Zeitgeist and its led me on a long and winding road im finding so many interesting topics.

[Yo Mama]

I'd like to say welcome, too, and suggest that you start an introduction thread so everyone can come by and make you feel at home.

[ChadAndrewAmKon]

Thanks for sharing those images. I'm going to try to learn more about Mars, today.

[Alessandra]

More, sorry I havent been keeping up. Im a bad bad nerd.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/247277main_S_016IFF_CYLTST11E1C_RAA.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/253096main_workspace-trench-locatio.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/253224main_Sol_024_Snow_White_1_2_5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/gir_the_hobbit/253233main_sol_020_024_change_dodo_.jpg

again, thanks to NASA.

Someone brought up a good question. Recently the temperature in that area is ranging from -117 Fahrenheit to 2.3 Fahrenheit. So why is the Ice melting?

[Alessandra]

Bump <.<; lol
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/297253main_phx_enhanced_132_1F093RC.gif Clouds moving in over the Phoenix site.

Clouds of dust and ice swirl past the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in a series of images taken on the 132nd Martian day of the mission (Oct. 7, 2008). The images show the increase in storm activity and potential for snowfall.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/297094main_false_color_snow_white_SS144ESF90898930 4_20020RCM1_full_516-387.jpg

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/297058main_Humidity_Dielectric_Cartoon_516-387.jpg

This graph presents simplified data from overnight measurements by the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander from noon of the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol, to noon the following sol (Aug. 5 to Aug. 6, 2008).

The graph shows that water disappeared from the atmosphere overnight, at the same time that electrical measurements detected changes consistent with addition of water to the soil.

Water in soil appears to increase overnight, when water in the atmosphere disappears.

TBH I havent seen anything this year from the Phoenix lander. I wonder why.

[century]

Interesting to see dust n crap all over the lander foot, So..... why didnt Apollo's feet have the same dust n crap too ????

I do believe they went .. im not so sure all the perfect photos are from the moon.

Keep em comming dude

[Alessandra]

shiney.

[century]

compare

[century]

i love naza

[Cogburn]

Those are still false color images.

NASA fucked with the data at a level where color correction is impossible.

I've played with it for hours at a shot trying to get the color wheel on the lander to match the hues photographed on Earth and I'm convinced it's impossible.

The sky could be green for all we know.

[skunk]

I wish we could just see the correct color of that god damn planet. In this case, they definitely are NAZA.

[century]

How to create true colored Mars pictures

1. Get a standard red colored NASA/JPL image of Pathfinder or Viking
2. Start your favourite Image Manipulation Program (Photoshop, GIMP, ...)
3. Go to the menu Image->Colors->Curves or similar named menu to change the three RGB color curves
4. Adjust the Blue and Green curves like this and try to optimize the color by moving the upper point a little to the left or right

[Cogburn]

<sigh>

Ok... School's in.

Color calibration wheel on Earth.
http://news.ucf.edu/resources/sites/UCF/content/live/NEWS/1000/NE1455/en_US/caltarget%20secondary.jpg

Color calibration wheel on Mars.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/231325main_3_cal_targets_001_516-387.jpg

Make the second image the exact hues of the first and post the levels when they match.

NASA says they did it...
http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/colorcal.JPG

[Cogburn]

Closest I can get is Hue +26, Lightness -1... and that's still a with a 5% differential.

[attachment=0:3pd5msfs]colorwheels.jpg[/attachment:3pd5msfs]

Load the image above into your favorite graphics editor and sample the color wheels. Green the least variance, blue the has greatest but is still within 5%.

The following image has had the color adjustments I indicated above.

[attachment=1:3pd5msfs]11H016.jpg[/attachment:3pd5msfs]

Decidedly different than what you posted.

That's why NASA sends those color calibration targets.

[century]

Closest I can get is Hue +26, Lightness -1... and that's still a with a 5% differential.

[attachment=0:2mpn2how]colorwheels.jpg[/attachment:2mpn2how]

Load the image above into your favorite graphics editor and sample the color wheels. Green the least variance, blue the has greatest but is still within 5%.

The following image has had the color adjustments I indicated above.

[attachment=1:2mpn2how]11H016.jpg[/attachment:2mpn2how]

Decidedly different than what you posted.

That's why NASA sends those color calibration targets.





where is the calibration target in the pic?11HO16

[Cogburn]

Uhhh... its not in every picture. They image it first so they have a basis of comparison for all subsequent photos.

The calibration target is required because the diffusion of sunlight is different on planet to planet.

I can take Photoshop and make the sky of Mars purple, but it doesn't mean that it approximates reality.
[attachment=1:2e9kms7r]11H016_purple.jpg[/attachment:2e9kms7r]

How about green?
[attachment=0:2e9kms7r]11H016_green.jpg[/attachment:2e9kms7r]

Now lets look at your blue version again in the same context.
http://www.amkon.net/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=2114

[Alessandra]

hey looks like the desert out here...

[skunk]

It could be almost anywhere in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, SoCal, New Mexico, and eastern Colorado...

[Alessandra]

... and not Mars.

[Cogburn]

Devious NASA even thought far enough ahead to manipulate the star pattern so it matched what one would see from Mars instead of Earth...

Grayscale conversion with color replacement to enhance the stars... you can even see some present that aren't obvious in the original image.

[attachment=0:19uppmsi]11H016_stars.jpg[/attachment:19uppmsi]

Nice try, though. :)

[skunk]

Point being?

[Cogburn]

Just included it for prosperity.

Someone reading this thread at a future point might actually take you as being serious.

[skunk]

I was soooper cereal!

[Alessandra]

Sooper cereal!