And how ironic to think (according to yesterday's briefing) the picture was taken "in case there were bad days on Mars", taken to help find Phoenix if it crashed. Instead they got a perfectly functioning spacecraft and one heck of a spectacular shot. When the picture was shown the speaker noted that it's a raw image and that the processed image will be much better. I can't wait for this afternoon's briefing. BTW, several new stereo pairs are available on the U of A's web site: http://fawkes3.lpl.arizona.edu/gallery.php patrick On 27 May 2008, at 01:41, Howard Jackman wrote:
That really is an amazing image to think that they actually caught it from orbit, Wow!!
It was fun to watch then in their press briefing today talk about it and how some were very (and rightly so I think) skeptical that HiRise would be able to catch Phoenix. truly a one in a million (or more)shot.
Thanks for the link Chuck.
Howard