Mars photos.
June 20, 2008 12:05 PM Subscribe
NASA's announcement of frozen water on Mars was pretty cool, but I personally think these semi high-res photos from the Phoenix Lander to be a lot better. [via]
This post was deleted for the following reason: there's a mars therad with photos from yesterday, maybe post these there? -- jessamyn
Ditto, marchivist. Those were surprising. In a world where videotapes of flying insects can generate a whole cottage conspiracy industry, I'm surprised those images haven't been trotted out by the want-to-believe crowd. "It's Martians, I tell you! Running across the plains! Notice how cleverly they obscure their true forms by kicking the dust up around themselves!"
posted by yhbc at 12:29 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by yhbc at 12:29 PM on June 20, 2008
"The tracks in the soil are from Spirits wheels as it rolled through the area earlier."
Yeah, right.
posted by OmieWise at 12:36 PM on June 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
Yeah, right.
posted by OmieWise at 12:36 PM on June 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
Phobos creeps me the hell out.
posted by studentbaker at 12:42 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by studentbaker at 12:42 PM on June 20, 2008
I was surprised, too, to see something moving on another planet. Not sure why it was so surprising, but, wow . . . just wow.
posted by treepour at 12:47 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by treepour at 12:47 PM on June 20, 2008
Phobos creeps me the hell out.
Orbit Phobos is watching your ice sublimate.
posted by cashman at 1:03 PM on June 20, 2008
Orbit Phobos is watching your ice sublimate.
posted by cashman at 1:03 PM on June 20, 2008
The clouds from the ground is a great shot, as is the sunset. I also like the shot of earth from Mars. The blue planet looks beautiful.
posted by Eekacat at 1:42 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by Eekacat at 1:42 PM on June 20, 2008
My own favorite is the Martian sunset, third from the end.
posted by jason's_planet at 1:51 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by jason's_planet at 1:51 PM on June 20, 2008
"The Big Picture" has to be the best new blog/site/whatever in ages. Extremely simple in concept yet stunningly executed. The editorial voice in the photo selections is consistently great, even if the captions occasionally could use some editing.
I just how the marketing geniuses at Boston.com don't come up with the brilliant idea of one image per page--more ads that way!--or feel like it has to switch to some sort of flash slideshow to be more "interactive" or whatever.
posted by maxwelton at 2:04 PM on June 20, 2008
I just how the marketing geniuses at Boston.com don't come up with the brilliant idea of one image per page--more ads that way!--or feel like it has to switch to some sort of flash slideshow to be more "interactive" or whatever.
posted by maxwelton at 2:04 PM on June 20, 2008
I was surprised, too, to see something moving on another planet. Not sure why it was so surprising, but, wow.
Yup, unnerving.
I think it's because we were raised with moon photos and film, so we habitually think of all foreign surfaces as dead, gray, static...
I imagine hearing SOUND from another planet (any sound) would have the same effect.
posted by rokusan at 2:17 PM on June 20, 2008
Yup, unnerving.
I think it's because we were raised with moon photos and film, so we habitually think of all foreign surfaces as dead, gray, static...
I imagine hearing SOUND from another planet (any sound) would have the same effect.
posted by rokusan at 2:17 PM on June 20, 2008
I just wish "The Big Picture" would link to the full-res sources for the images when they get them from government web sources (like NASA and LOC).
posted by blasdelf at 2:20 PM on June 20, 2008
posted by blasdelf at 2:20 PM on June 20, 2008
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