[meteorite-list] Mars and Beyond

[mexicodoug]

Hi Gary, Listees,

Looks like the source of that Mars rock you kindly investigated a while back 
:-)  Just kidding!!!

You probably mean the sand pit called "El Dorado" at the foot of Husband 
Hill and behind "Home Plate", I would guess a number of reasons were 
responsible for the borrosity:

1. The bright area in the fore/middleground ("Home Plate") is probably the 
brightest part of the panorama.  The Sand pit behind known as "El Dorado" is 
probably the darkest part of the panorama.  And they are practically on top 
of each other in the mosaic.

2.  "El Dorado" may be somewhat dynamic and also a haze of silt near it 
sometimes, like "Pigpen" in Charlie Brown.

3.  To make a composite image, they have to equalize the brightness 
somewhat.  Like trying to show detail a rich black Eucrite fusion crust in a 
photo together with an off white matrix.  This calls for selective 
"alteration" of the image.

Considering the silt in the air, reaching into the darker pixels in the pit 
below Husband Hill, and then wanting to emphasize, or at least give an idea 
of the wavy sand patterns in the pit for a full appreciation of the 
panorama, this is probably the result, which would then need to be blurred 
or faded in some way as to not make obvious discontinuities in the image 
that would make viewing less natural vs. our wonderfly versitile human eye 
if we were the roving geologist on site...

Hope that holds the aliens at bay:-) (But you gotta know it won't)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary K. Foote" <gary at webbers.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars and Beyond


> Hi Listers,
>
> Anyone else notice the greenish blur at the base of the 'rightmost' 
> mountain in this panorama?
>
> http://www.astrosurf.com/merimages/Spirit/Panoramas_couleur/Medres/
> HusbandAndHomePlatePano-Sols1325to1331-CielCouvertureComplete-
> medres.jpg
>
> I've worked with graphics a lot and it looks to me like that area was 
> intentionally blurred.  I'm
> not a Mars Civilization nut, nor a Government Conspiracy 'visionary', but 
> if I'm wrong and this is
> not a doctored picture, then what the heck is that thing?  Green pastures? 
> Green Fog?
> Shadows?
>
> Gary in Vermont
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