OK, so this is the backshell, right?

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Robert — 3/2/2004 2:06:36 AM (archived)

This was in today's release (or should I say "tosol's release"?):

http://rovers.habitablezone.com/gallery/opportunity/color/036/images/1P131370-L2_L5_L5+L7_s+_200pct-detail.jpg

(200%, heavy sharpening, tweaked S and L and gamma and whatever else popped into my head...processed to within an inch of it's life).

This is what I thought I was looking at in yesterday's panorama. Nice to get any credit at all (below), but it went right past me. You spotted it, Nick, not me.

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Opportunity color panorama - Robert - 3/1/2004 1:48:47 AM
- re: Opportunity color panorama - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 2:42:58 AM
  - That ain't the backshell, it's the heatshield! - Nick Hoffman - 3/1/2004 5:58:53 AM
    - OK, so this is the backshell, right? - Robert - 3/2/2004 2:06:36 AM
      - Right... - Nick Hoffman - 3/2/2004 5:57:02 AM
    - Clearer shot here... - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 6:43:40 AM
    - You could be right. - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 6:38:48 AM
      - Credit Where Credit's Due... - Nick Hoffman - 3/1/2004 11:13:02 AM
- re: Opportunity color panorama (n/t) - Robert - 3/1/2004 1:54:45 AM

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