- Hello Jeff,
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- I noticed an amazing picture on the official NASA/JPL
Mars Rover site. Go to:
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- http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/n/094/2N134687551ESF2700P1962L0M1.HTML
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- This is the most recent Navigation Camera photo from
Spirit. Click on the picture or go to:
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- http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/n/094/2N134687551ESF2700P1962L0M1.JPG
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- This is a spectacular Martian sunrise for a number of
reasons. The first one, is the huge mountain range in the far distance,
well beyond the hills commonly seen in most Spirit' photos. But it's the
second thing that rreally blew my mind. If you look at the upper left
corner of the photo, you'll see what looks like an object in the sky.
If you download the NASA jpeg and just sharpen it in Photoshop a little
bit, and then enlarge it to 200%, you will plainly see what looks like
a classic saucer or cylindrical object in the sky. You can even see the
glint of sunlight off the lower top portion of the object. You can also
see what appears to be a trail of distortion, the same diameter of the
object, as well as a trail IN FRONT OF IT! This is not "dust on the
lens" or "something on the film" as the usual idiots will
chorus. This is a high resolution digital image
(Note: The spike of light extending down from the sun is an effect called
'bloom' where the CCD imaging chip gets an overload of light -- it is a
known anomaly)
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