by Andy Wade » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:12 pm
JohnD wrote:neufer,
See this page from the Rover website. Shows several pictures featuring 'blueberries' in "near true colour". They are not that blue!
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press ... 0318a.html
Early in the missison, "Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres, the mission's principal science investigator, compared the "spherules" to blueberries inside a muffin." By comparision with their distribution, not their colour!
So 'blueberry' may be a misnomer, that could equally be 'currants', as in currant-bun!
John
Blackadder I, The Queen of Spain's Beard:
Percy: You know, they do say that the Infanta's eyes are more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston.
Edmund: Mm! ... What?
Percy: The famous Stone of Galveston, My Lord.
Edmund: And what's that, exactly?
Percy: Well, it's a famous blue stone, and it comes ... from Galveston.
Edmund: I see. And what about it?
Percy: Well, My Lord, the Infanta's eyes are bluer than it, for a start.
Edmund: I see. And have you ever seen this stone?
Percy: (nods) No, not as such, My Lord, but I know a couple of people who have, and they say it's very very blue indeed.
Edmund: And have these people seen the Infanta's eyes?
Percy: No, I shouldn't think so, My Lord.
Edmund: And neither have you, presumably.
Percy: No, My Lord.
Edmund: So, what you're telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is
slightly less blue than something else you have never seen?
Percy: (finally begins to grasp) Yes, My Lord.
[quote="JohnD"]neufer,
See this page from the Rover website. Shows several pictures featuring 'blueberries' in "near true colour". They are not that blue!
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040318a.html
Early in the missison, "Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres, the mission's principal science investigator, compared the "spherules" to blueberries inside a muffin." By comparision with their distribution, not their colour!
So 'blueberry' may be a misnomer, that could equally be 'currants', as in currant-bun!
John[/quote]
[b]Blackadder I, The Queen of Spain's Beard:[/b]
Percy: You know, they do say that the Infanta's eyes are more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston.
Edmund: Mm! ... What?
Percy: The famous Stone of Galveston, My Lord.
Edmund: And what's that, exactly?
Percy: Well, it's a famous blue stone, and it comes ... from Galveston.
Edmund: I see. And what about it?
Percy: Well, My Lord, the Infanta's eyes are bluer than it, for a start.
Edmund: I see. And have you ever seen this stone?
Percy: (nods) No, not as such, My Lord, but I know a couple of people who have, and they say it's very very blue indeed.
Edmund: And have these people seen the Infanta's eyes?
Percy: No, I shouldn't think so, My Lord.
Edmund: And neither have you, presumably.
Percy: No, My Lord.
Edmund: So, what you're telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is [u]slightly less[/u] blue than something else you have never seen?
Percy: (finally begins to grasp) Yes, My Lord.
:D