Mars: First color image from HI-RISE camera

It's Beautiful.

Looks like the camera is doing fine.

From the MRO Website
The range to the target was 2,493 kilometers (1,549 miles). At this distance the image scale is 2.49 meters (8.17 feet) per pixel, so objects as small as 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) are resolved. In total this image is 49.92 kilometers (31.02 miles) or 20,081 pixels wide and 23.66 kilometers (14.70 miles) or 9,523 pixels long.

Here is a lo-resolution version


And here is the Image page, with description, and a 37MB jpeg..
MRO Color Calibration image

Make sure you read the description of the image..this is NOT a True color image!

Wow...that's a gorgeous 37MB jpeg off the website...well worth checking out.

Thanks for posting, spacedoubt...beautiful shot! So much detail...

Awesome. It looks like the images from this thing will be really good. I can't wait to see more from it.

Wow that really is an amazing pic!

Looks so enchanting cant wait to see more.

That's impressive.

What struck me was the sheer number of craters and that many look "new". Any idea of the scale (how big are the craters) and how often Mars get's hit?

Does Earth get hit as often but with ocean and erosion we just don't see them? Was the last big one was tsungiska (sp? - ok the one in Siberia ).
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[edit on 4/7/2006 by Gools]

These pictures make mars look a bit more hospitable than the others don't they. It will be exciting to see all the pics come in as I'm sure we will have some surprises awaiting us.

Gools,

Yeah, I noticed how youthful looking some of those smaller ones are..
I'm downloadng the image to crop one out, I'll put it up here in a few.
It really stood out to me..

As far as size..It appears that the biggest ones in the pic are roughly 1.5 miles across? Thats based on the image being 15 miles wide, and me measuring with my fingers..LOL..but I think thats a decent estimate..


AH, here we go..
For context, this crater is very close to the top of the original image, and slightly to the right of center:



This one stood out to me because of the darkness of it's interior, and the darker rays of ejecta that surround it.

There's so much to see in this one image..I can't wait until MRO's orbit is trimmed, and we get to see stuff like this on a regular basis. The scientists will be OVERwhlemed!



[edit on 7-4-2006 by spacedoubt]

Some nice Mars shots from the MRO (posted at MSNBC): Mars MRO Shots

A few people mention how new the craters look? Well here is a guy with some ideas on why your probably right in calling them that.

www.metaresearch.org...

www.metaresearch.org...

I think this theory is going places even if it takes them longer to admit this than it did continental drift.

Stellar

OMG I see an alien city! oh wait, thats some dust on my monitor...

Originally posted by Landis
Some nice Mars shots from the MRO (posted at MSNBC): [/url]

Thanks Landis, thats a nice slideshow there..With some information on elevations. And a couple of other images too..


I must confess to visiting Hoaglands site as well, just to see what he could have overprocessed into existence.. He's pretty fast..LOL

I'm still waiting for Part 7 of the Iapetus saga.

Originally posted by WolfofWar
OMG I see an alien city! oh wait, thats some dust on my monitor...

Well if dust can do that to you i suspect you might have even more fun with this:

www.enterprisemission.com...

Dont break the monitor trying to clean it.

Stellar

Originally posted by StellarX
Well if dust can do that to you i suspect you might have even more fun with this...

Wow, it certainly doesn't take long for people to come up with that crap, does it? Seems like every new probe we send anywhere ends up creating more and more crazy ideas.

Originally posted by cmdrkeenkid
Wow, it certainly doesn't take long for people to come up with that crap, does it? Seems like every new probe we send anywhere ends up creating more and more crazy ideas.

Well speaking for myself i just love reading the stuff considering all the 'cooincidences' it exposes. Why would Malin call the website that for instance? Now i do not freak out over the pictures themselves ( since i find any kind of zooming suspect) and i suggest everyone else also stop looking at the pictures and start actually READING!

Stellar

THese are the images that are the most interesting to me. The colors are not actual, but representations of variance in mineral, or material content. It's interesting that the triangular shapes, and the odd other odd structure are both comprised of the same material. Or at least a material similar enough to cause these results. I can't wait for the hi-res Cydonia pics.

Yeeeeah baaaaby! Now will we get some confirmation for Clementine weirdness? Phat HiRes pics - luv 'em - yummy! I guess we'll know - If we are allowed to know that is... the story.

Make it so MRO: Engage!

Victor K.

maybe they can take some more shots of the "face on mars" that they claim has been debunked!!!!

Originally posted by V Kaminski
Yeeeeah baaaaby! Now will we get some confirmation for Clementine weirdness? Phat HiRes pics - luv 'em - yummy! I guess we'll know - If we are allowed to know that is... the story.

Victor K.

Thats Great VK, Thanks for the heads up on that.
I knew the orbit was finally trimmed, but didn't know they were planning on sending back more postcards so soon..Awesome..
I need a new hard drive...running out of .......space. LOL

hey check this out....

did anyone else see the crater in themiddle far left? The crater basin kinda looks like an ancient town. Im not saying its "EVIDENCE OF A MARTAIN CIVLIZATION!!!!! ZOMG!!! WOW!!!" nah Im not that kind of person. Its perfectly natural to me but thats what it reminds me of. here check it: