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PART of the reason for putting filters on the rover in the visible spectrum is the public giving the colors of Mars.
Robert Clark — (archived)

I'm looking at how bad the color registration is: the red, white, and blue would become the red, white and red!
You're only considering minor differences in color registration but this is severe color distortion. One of the purposes of the visible color filters is to give visible color images. Why not use them when you are producing visible color images?
Another reason is the possibility that there might be greenish or bluish areas on rocks on Mars. If you don't consider this to be a legitimate possibility then you won't care very much if accurate visible color images are produced. However, there have been several peer reviewed papers published (and not just from ONE investigator) that suggests such patches were seen at the Viking landers sites.
This clearly has important exobiological implications if verified.

Bob Clark

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