tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153148482011-11-22T22:00:27.567-08:00Star Dot BlogSpirit Rover is on Mars. What is on Mars? "A picture is worth a thousand words." You be the judge. Take a good 'close up look' at Mars.
Warning: Pictures have been enlarged, had shadows erased by brightening/contrast, and represent small cropped sections of the JPL original.
Credit: Photos Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-65947352553811754422011-11-22T22:00:00.000-08:002011-11-22T22:00:27.569-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2wo6eBCTP_c/TsyL-vnmSTI/AAAAAAAAADI/fjsWAbmiKWE/s1600/SpiritSol670Cats2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2wo6eBCTP_c/TsyL-vnmSTI/AAAAAAAAADI/fjsWAbmiKWE/s400/SpiritSol670Cats2.jpg" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-6594735255381175442?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134821194059002372005-12-17T04:06:00.000-08:002005-12-17T04:06:34.090-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/2P185406978EFFAJJRP2403R1M1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/400/2P185406978EFFAJJRP2403R1M1.jpg'></a><br />2p1855406978effajjrp2403r1m1 <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113482119405900237?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134795518917672982005-12-16T20:58:00.000-08:002005-12-16T20:58:38.946-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/Sol549cbcrop.0.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/400/Sol549cbcrop.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 549 <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113479551891767298?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134329407728388972005-12-11T11:30:00.000-08:002005-12-16T17:53:12.706-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol665navwatercp.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol665navwatercp.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Spirit Sol 665 (navigation camera) <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113432940772838897?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134301864758961032005-12-11T03:51:00.000-08:002005-12-17T04:29:47.963-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol664navcreaturecp.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol664navcreaturecp.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Spirit Sol 664 (navigation camera) <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113430186475896103?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134301314533277582005-12-11T03:41:00.000-08:002005-12-11T03:41:54.560-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol633navrightcp3.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol633navrightcp3.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 633 (navigation camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113430131453327758?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134226956671317192005-12-10T07:02:00.000-08:002005-12-10T07:02:36.676-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/sol649navhousecphr.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/sol649navhousecphr.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 649 (navigation camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113422695667131719?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134226049401654712005-12-10T06:47:00.000-08:002005-12-10T06:47:29.423-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol633navrightcp1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol633navrightcp1.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 633 (navigation camera) right side <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113422604940165471?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134137846894758362005-12-09T06:17:00.000-08:002005-12-09T06:17:26.900-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol633navvalleycp.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol633navvalleycp.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 633 (navigation camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113413784689475836?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134137335424564682005-12-09T06:08:00.000-08:002005-12-09T06:08:55.430-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/Sol549cropfp.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/Sol549cropfp.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 549 <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113413733542456468?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134136463857912602005-12-09T05:54:00.000-08:002005-12-09T05:54:23.880-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol585pancatcp.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol585pancatcp.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 585 (panoramic camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113413646385791260?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1134071792683511792005-12-08T11:56:00.000-08:002005-12-08T11:56:32.703-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol659navanimalscp2.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol659navanimalscp2.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 659 (navigation camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113407179268351179?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1133964127528548012005-12-07T06:02:00.000-08:002005-12-07T06:02:07.550-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/spiritsol589navbouldercp3.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/spiritsol589navbouldercp3.jpg'></a><br />Spirit Sol 589 nav. cam. -- Mars. <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113396412752854801?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1133922991791800222005-12-06T18:36:00.000-08:002005-12-06T18:36:31.823-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/Sol549cbcrop.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/Sol549cbcrop.jpg'></a><br />Mars -- Spirit Sol 549 (navigation camera) <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113392299179180022?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1133880015814491322005-12-06T06:40:00.000-08:002005-12-06T06:40:15.836-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/640/sol581navfrostcp.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/118/8913/320/sol581navfrostcp.jpg'></a><br />Columbia Hills on Mars. <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-113388001581449132?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314848.post-1123743912380039222005-08-10T23:46:00.000-07:002005-08-11T11:10:29.976-07:00Spirit Rover on MarsThe Spirit Rover is currently in the Columbia Hills. Some of the pictures are . . . incredible. The Spirit Navigation pictures are loaded with strange appearances.<br /><br />Many pictures -- Sol 549-Sol 559 -- have a dot in the sky. Whether or not these dots represent UFO's or are simply a 'speck' on the camera lens is unknown.<br /><br />Other pictures show oddly shaped rocks. Yet others have the appearance of water with ripples. This could be a silt like sand, or something else.<br /><br />Many pictures, both Spirit Navigation and Spirit Panorama pictures show black 'objects' or, possibly, shadows.<br /><br />Here is the JPL web site with thousands of pictures:<br /><br />http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit.html<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15314848-112374391238003922?l=stardot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556113955249360380noreply@blogger.com1