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by MGTS24
Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:35 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: White Rock Fingers on Mars (2011 Oct 30)
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Re: APOD: White Rock Fingers on Mars (2011 Oct 30)

Surely if this image was created using thermal imaging, the various tones correspond to the temperature of the different materials, and not 'light and dark' in repect to the visible spectrum. Or is the correspondence between tone and temperature always very close with lithic materials? Curious Michael