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Also of note about the images showing "natural color." The sky from the raw Viking images were correctly shown with a "green" hue. I have noticed some of the images are leaning this way. If green is made by mixing blue and yellow this should be the case, sometime.

A thin haze of tan could present a yellow hue. Raleigh scattering would add a blue hue. We may not see little green men, but we should see green skies at times.

Vincent

Another Rover can case a shadow.

Image from Hortonheardawho. A damn great man. Mars rover blog.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11627092@N06/7852963850/

The high temperature on Sol 16 in Gale Crater was 0C or 32F. At the same time temperatures approached 0C or 32F at a buoy at 82.9 degrees north latitude near the north pole on Earth. This is the warmest time of year in the Arctic Summer. There is a Weather Cam at this location and my ritual of watching the sun set in the Arctic with my morning coffee over the next three weeks has begun.

This morning as I looked out at the wonderful scene I wondered. When water sill filled Gale Crater as the atmosphere thinned and liquid turned to ice would it have looked something like this? Did anything lurk in the water for just a little while? Does frost form still to supply liquid water in the late afternoon today? If that were the case, surely the ChemCam would shown hydrogen. I think it did.

Enjoy the beauty of the Earth's Arctic Summer, Image below.

Vincent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11627092@N … hotostream

This is the first processed, "natural color," image of the Martian sky. First, it aint red. The scene looks very natural but much detail about the haze layer is lost in the jpeg haze.  It is there no doubt and during decent a "water ice haze layer" was noted. This was in the late afternoon during rapid cooling, makes sense.

So we wait for the sunrise and sunset images.

Vincent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11627092@N06/7847106852/

Image by, Ant103-UMSF

This image shows an unusual rock. It appears to have characteristics of biological origin. This doesn't mean anything, it could be and most likely is, "a rock."
The question is this. If you spent billions of dollars to go there would you take a closer look at this feature? You bet. Will we see it in the raw data feed?

Not a chance brother. Let the games begin....

Feature in this image:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11627092@N06/7830447046/

Link to original data here:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images … 1_DXXX.jpg

To say there is no, or has never been life on Mars is speculation separate from knowledge.  To know is to be certain. To be certain is to be beyond question. This image has been referred to on UMSF as geological porn. Ironically it was posted by Stu on page 69 of the thread.  I agree. Lots of hydrated mineral signatures from orbit and layers similar to Arizona, USA.

There are two main ways in which minerals hydrate. One is conversion of an oxide to a double hydroxide, as with the hydration of calcium oxide - CaO - to calcium hydroxide - Ca(OH)2, the other is with the incorporation of water molecules directly into the crystalline structure of a new mineral, as in the hydration of feldspars to clay minerals, garnet to chlorite or kyanite to muscovite.

The "water channels" and fans in this area would  dictate the geologic process.

Enjoy....

Vincent

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How do you post an image from flickr on this forum?

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Another video, because it is cool.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=162VCWryGJU

This is thye best ive seen, by Don Davis

Now that we can see.

Area 1- silt in low topographic areas from thaws, How long ago is unknown.
Are II -surface discoloration wide spread. Unknown

MRO image of landing site clearly shows these features. If the surface was all red it could not see it either