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>stbenge on date 12/12/2009 17:53 wrote:
> Kenneth wrote:
>> Paolo Gibellini <p.g### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>>> Perhaps a bit off-topic, but I find this pictures inspirational:
>>>
>>> http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/martian_landscapes.html
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>> Paolo
>>
>> These are real images?! They look like computer art. Thanks for the
>> link, I
>> hadn't seen such hi-rez orbiter photos of the Martian surface before.
>> Mars
>> continues to be a fascinating place!!
>
> They look like computer art to me too, but I think their rendered
> appearance is due to the high resolution and false coloring.
>
> Inspiring images, to be sure :)
>
> Sam
True, they seems to be generated by an imaging fusion technique:
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/pdf/HiRISE_RDR_SIS.pdf
The false coloring, like in microscopy, is fascinating.
;-)
Paolo
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