Photos from Mars

[gristy]

A reporter from the Boston Globe, in his free time between reporting on http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/gallery/06_19_2008_rally/">this, collected 17 of his favorite photos from Mars.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/martian_skies.html

Here's a couple from the link:


A well-defined dust devil crosses in front of the camera in this animation of a series of images acquired by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit in May, 2005. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS)


On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. (NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell)

Lots more cool photos at the link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/martian_skies.html

[Ian David]

1. Here's a close-up...

[cascadiance]

6. Arriba! Arriba!

Oh, you earth mouse! You have made me very angry indeed! Go back to your own planet!

[Greyskye]

11. Dust devil races

[darkmaestro019]

2. the sunset

gives me a weird lump in my throat, in a good way


Thank you for this.

[calimary]

3. WHOA! Astounding! Thanks for posting this!

Just BEYOND cool!

K&R&B

:headbang:

[Peace Patriot]

4. Thanks for posting! These are great! Looks like Road Runner (that dust devil)! nt

[trusty elf]

5. Stunning!

K&R ! ! !

[HamdenRice]

7. Cool photos from a California film studio lot!

Pro'ly filmed the same place those moon photos were faked.

The following smilie is an example of less than perfect diction:

:sarcasm:

The correct smilie would be for irony, not sarcasm.

[progressoid]

8. Well, that's just too cool.

[YankeyMCC]

9. Good stuff, thx nt

[Indenturedebtor]

10. Cool Beans :D The second one reminds me of Star Wars

I'm waiting to see a Sand Person jump in front of the camera.