modest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah, it's part of spirit - it's there (superimposed) on all spirit and all opportunity's rear hazard cam pics. At least, all that I just looked at. The horizon is the lightest area and what's above that is... not part of mars. - modest Quote
freeztar Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah, it's part of spirit - it's there (superimposed) on all spirit and all opportunity's rear hazard cam pics. At least, all that I just looked at. The horizon is the lightest area and what's above that is... not part of mars. - modest You weren't supposed to go and spoil the fun for the others. :hyper: :( :thumbs_up - freezy Quote
modest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 You weren't supposed to go and spoil the fun for the others. :( :hyper: :hyper: - freezy :thumbs_up That was cool thinking ??what if?? there. I remember the first spirit pics coming back thinking the same thing. We need to send out more rovers to more planets. Quote
cyclonebuster Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah, it's part of spirit - it's there (superimposed) on all spirit and all opportunity's rear hazard cam pics. At least, all that I just looked at. The horizon is the lightest area and what's above that is... not part of mars. - modest Nor is what's below it,also!! Perhaps!:thumbs_up:eek_big: Quote
modest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 Nor is what's below it,also!! Perhaps!:hihi::eek_big: Aye - safe bet, that Quote
Turtle Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 We can't be smarter than fifth graders if we don't learn how to web-search. :hihi: What's up now Foxworthy!? :doh: Results 1 - 10 of about 13,900 for Mars rover cameras diagramhttp://www.mwoa.org/Ch31.pdf...The HazCam optics are full-frame fisheye lenses. Their field coverage is 124 degrees from side to side and 180 degrees across the diagonal of the square CCD format, that is, the diagonal field of view is a full hemisphere. For such an extremely wide field, conventional distortion correction is impossible. Instead, equalmeridional angle increments in the object scene are mapped (ideally) as equal linear increments on the image plane. When looking at the whole scene, a fisheye lens unavoidably produces a great amount of barrel distortion. This distortion is actually just the consequence of projecting a hemisphere onto a plane. Of course, the mapping function can be calibrated. Of more practical importance, small parts of the scene, even those near the field edge, are imaged quite accurately without needing a lot of subsequent image processing. But the horizon in mostpictures appears strongly curved. ... Quote
cyclonebuster Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Posted January 9, 2008 It is an illusion. It is part of the rover and I can prove it! Quote
Turtle Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 It is an illusion. It is part of the rover and I can prove it! Erhmm...yes; I think we all agree the object at the top is part of the rover. The HazCams are mounted under the body afterall. :) Scroll to page 6 at this link to see a diagram showing the camera locations. The overhangs above the HazCams are clearly visisble. http://www.mwoa.org/SPIE_paper.pdf Quote
Pyrotex Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 I've seen many pics from spirit and opportunity - but I honestly don't know what I'm looking at here. I upped the contrast as much as possible without loosing info: it must be part of spirit - modestYES! You figured it out before I did. These pix were taken by the Hazard cameras which are mounted very low next to the front wheels. (So, they can see what is blocking the wheels. Duh!) What you see across the top, like a bank of snow with buildings and strange rocks in the distance, is actually the UNDERSIDE of the solar panels!!! It is dark. The "snow" is actually a strip of sky between the underside of the panels and the real horizon. The "building" is some kind of vent structure on the underside of the panels. :rolleyes: Quote
cyclonebuster Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Posted January 9, 2008 YES! You figured it out before I did. These pix were taken by the Hazard cameras which are mounted very low next to the front wheels. (So, they can see what is blocking the wheels. Duh!) What you see across the top, like a bank of snow with buildings and strange rocks in the distance, is actually the UNDERSIDE of the solar panels!!! It is dark. The "snow" is actually a strip of sky between the underside of the panels and the real horizon. The "building" is some kind of vent structure on the underside of the panels. :rolleyes: A likely story! But correct. Quote
Moontanman Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 ;):eek2: Looks like a storm shelter in the background once the photo is enlarged with support structure in it! http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/r/1407/2R251273680EFFAX00P1314R0M1.JPG I am for once at a loss for words, if that is a real image and it's not just a trick of perspective then the whole world as we know it changes doesn't it? Quote
Moontanman Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 A likely story! But correct. Well I'm not really sure I'm glad but you got me on that one, it would have been pretty cool if it was a real building wouldn't it? Quote
cyclonebuster Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Posted March 28, 2008 I was like you when I first saw it. Quote
Jay-qu Posted March 29, 2008 Report Posted March 29, 2008 what a cool illusion :hihi: for anyone that still cant see it: Quote
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