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It is easy to get an image with the right colors. Why not do it?

Robert Clark — 1/25/2004 5:50:15 PM (archived)

This image from the BBC news article shows how bad the colors can get by using the L2 near-infrared filter in place of the L4 red filter:

"Nasa's logo has turned from blue to red."

NASA already released a correct color image by using the correct visual light filters L4, L5, L6:

Why release a color image meant to give the public an impression of what the colors of Mars are KNOWING BEFOREHAND THESE COLORS WILL BE WRONG when you can just as easily give a correct color image?

Bob Clark

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• Color shot on the NASA channel... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 10:19:40 AM
  • re: Voila! - Raoul - 1/25/2004 11:04:50 AM
    • Did It Land In A Crater? - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 3:55:41 PM
      • Duh Again, Need To Start On Older Posts (n/t) - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 3:58:58 PM
    • Colors still not correct. - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 3:15:40 PM
      • Oh, Shut Up! It has been explained to you several times! - R.L. - 1/25/2004 5:20:55 PM
        • It is easy to get an image with the right colors. Why not do it? - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 5:50:15 PM
          • re: It is easy to get an image with the right colors. Why not do it? - Johannes - 1/25/2004 7:32:09 PM
          • It isnt easy, or even possible, Bob - R.L. - 1/25/2004 6:21:35 PM
            • Oh, and here is an unrelated fact about the eye that I bet no one here will believe: - R.L. - 1/25/2004 6:27:46 PM
            • Does that mean you would be happy with a digital camera that changed a blue NASA logo into red? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 6:26:25 PM
              • No, Bob- But the camera on the rover is not for holiday snapshots - R.L. - 1/25/2004 6:48:28 PM
                • PART of the reason for putting filters on the rover in the visible spectrum is the public giving the colors of Mars. - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 7:03:55 PM
                  • Chlorophyll is far more unmistakeable in the 'invisible' part of the spectrum - R.L. - 1/25/2004 7:19:08 PM
                    • There are some type of lichen for which chlorophyll is not visible. - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 7:49:32 PM
                      • Bob, you need more patience. - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 8:33:49 PM
                  • So you think white is a spectral color? (n/t) - R.L. - 1/25/2004 7:11:43 PM
                • An example for Bob - R.L. - 1/25/2004 6:57:35 PM
                  • re: An example for Bob - Johannes - 1/25/2004 7:59:12 PM
                  • and another - R.L. - 1/25/2004 7:09:52 PM
                    • I agree that a camera can pick more detail than the human eye. - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 8:00:07 PM
                      • Again, you moron.... - R.L. - 1/25/2004 8:40:26 PM
          • Gee, Bob- maybe they are busy doing real science? - R.L. - 1/25/2004 5:58:59 PM
            • It's JUST as easy to release the correct color image as the wrong one. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 6:15:21 PM
              • No it isnt- see above (n/t) - R.L. - 1/25/2004 6:51:05 PM
          • Polly want a cracker! Polly want a cracker! (n/t) - Polly - 1/25/2004 5:58:09 PM
            • Right back at ya, bud. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/25/2004 6:18:45 PM
    • re: Voila! - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 11:27:15 AM