Starship Asterisk*

quit being so critical at something that was presented as a test shot. Somebody at JPL might decide to be offended at such wording and not share so freely nest time.

[quote="Sowndbyte"]The photo appears over exposed to me. creating a false sheen on the surface.
notice on left sides of craters where sun is hitting surface straight on there is no texture only glare. this is the first photo and very tempting in detail (2.5 M per pixel) and I look forward to the final evolution cycle photos. but this lacks the pure power that the first Mars photo the rover Spirit took [url]http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040106c.html[/url][/quote]

Keep in mind, these images were taken from a much higher altitude than what will be final orbiting altitude. I believe the image was taken from an altitude 1549 miles, 6 times higher than the operating altitude and still only 2.49 meters per pixel.

The photo appears over exposed to me. creating a false sheen on the surface.
notice on left sides of craters where sun is hitting surface straight on there is no texture only glare. this is the first photo and very tempting in detail (2.5 M per pixel) and I look forward to the final evolution cycle photos. but this lacks the pure power that the first Mars photo the rover Spirit took [url]http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040106c.html[/url]

The view is awesome. I can't wait 'til the orbit is circularised and still closer views are photographed.
Orin

It is a nice image,,,,,,,,,,thank you

Imagine this was just a dream a few decades ago.

And

Few decades more and we maybe living on mars.

check out [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=1153]this thread[/url] for more images.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060410.html

Sure looks like coastal land. I remember a sci-fi movie where astronauts got stranded on Mars and these " fish like " things swimming in the sand . I would guess sand has a liquid quality ove time. :)