"Compressed to fit the screen" (APOD 1 Nov 2006)

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"Compressed to fit the screen" (APOD 1 Nov 2006)

Post by JohnD » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:25 am

Brilliant!
Completely got me.

I was getting quite huffy that this pic had been spoilt by the horizontal compression, then I clicked on the 'to fit your screen' link.
You have a wicked sense of humour.

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Post by iamlucky13 » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Whoa...good catch. :lol:

In case you didn't try, the full size image appears to be the original aspect ratio. Just click the actual image.

I never noticed how much of a fuss Spirit made about dragging the stuck wheel, but you can see how it's turned over the dirt.
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Post by barbusci » Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:57 am

Made me laugh so much that I had to register here to mention it! 8)

I love it whe you guys do this kind of humour! Keep it up! :wink:
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Post by orin stepanek » Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:06 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061101.html
Almost looks like a road winding up the hill! :lol:
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I agree......

Post by Bob Stothfang » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:10 pm

Looking at the horizontally compressed view I totally agree that the stuck wheel track looks like a road on the side of a hill. In addition to that the dark rocks on first glance looked like pine trees on the side of that hill.

After looking a little closer I realized that we didn't discover plant life on Mars after all.

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Re: I agree......

Post by Andy Wade » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:32 pm

Bob Stothfang wrote:Looking at the horizontally compressed view I totally agree that the stuck wheel track looks like a road on the side of a hill. In addition to that the dark rocks on first glance looked like pine trees on the side of that hill.

After looking a little closer I realized that we didn't discover plant life on Mars after all.
Yeah. :D
I thought - Hey that looks like a fossilised forest of tree stumps!
Right up until I saw the bit about the picture compression.... :lol:
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