Spirit Captures martian Sunset

The rover Spirit snaped this picture of the sun setting. The filter according to the write up appoximates what a human would see naturaly with a bit of red exageration on the crater wall.

The rock outcrop "Jibsheet" is in the foreground, and the Sun appears about two-thirds of the size it would be on Earth. The crater wall is 50 mi. distant, across the Gusev floor. Controllers acquired the image on May 19 as part of a study of the planet's atmosphere, using sunset and twilight lighting to gauge how high dust extends and to seek clouds of dust and ice.
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[edit on 6/24/05 by FredT]

It's a beautiful shot, that reminds me of the Scenery here in Nevada.
As a matter of fact, it's my wallpaper on a couple of my PC's!

Beautiful picture!

Ive always wanted to see a shot of Saturn taken from Titan or another of her Moons, dont know why, just think it would be lovely to see this huge planet right next to you in the sky!

Mic

Whoa!

Now thats an Amazing Image.



I would Love to take my Camere up there and make some of these Shots myself!

So - when is the First Tourist Flight for Mars?

2025?

Originally posted by Souljah
So - when is the First Tourist Flight for Mars?

2025?

I wish!!!

We're not going back to the Moon till 2020 so it'll be years after that before tourists get to Mars!

Mic

It looks very beautiful.

You guessed it, Saturn from Titan, probably the greatest and most famous piece of space art ever made -- by the master himself:

Google "Chesley Bonestell".

Originally posted by Off_The_Street
You guessed it, Saturn from Titan, probably the greatest and most famous piece of space art ever made -- by the master himself:

Google "Chesley Bonestell".

That image is beautiful!

I googled him and also found this....


Another lovely painting!

Mic