Welcome to Mars

May 26, 2008

A view from Phoenix

Comments

[Arash]

First color pix?

[Nero]

Dang. Pretty awesome camera this stations got one it. B & W, Color... wonder if they can switch it on over to antique and negative capture mode too. But hey, 420 million dollars of our taxpayers dollars for this mission... better have a good camera to get some good beauty shots of E.T

[Logicskier]

Arash,

Why comment or for that matter even visit this site if you do not agree with NASA programs?

CONGRATS, NASA!

[Steve]

It makes me feel good to know we've got just what it takes to make such a complex mission work. Keep up the good work, NASA. Now as long as we can get a viable alternative to the space shuttle constructed safely and on time / budget, I see no reason why we couldn't logically return to the moon in the next 30 years or so.

[Richard]

Fantastic !! Already this is shaping up to be one of the best missions ever flown. Tremendous success right from the get-go. With so much negative bull going on these days, this is a ray of hope and wonder. Yea NASA !!!!

[pinger]

The real images of mars.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5831/mars1cm8.jpg

;)

[Aleks]

this is so awsome, i am glad we can get such nice pics of mars and hopefully i will see another man moon landing in my lifetime, nasa rocks

[Jess]

This is just so amazing. It's so cool that you look at those rocks and think... that looks like our planet, but it comes from somewhere millions of miles away that no one has ever stepped foot on.

Mind-blowing.

[James]

Aleks - I couldn't agree more

[chris]

it looks a little green on the second pic why not on the first are my eyes decieving me on the second more colorfull picture. is that greenage or something else

[Cancerman]

NASA spent 240 million on this mission to see if this spot was capable of supporting life. But it has no way to detect life, either present or past. Wazzup with that??

[thetruth]

i bet its another scam like with neil armstrong. pff nasa probably has some fools in a basement full of sand taking pictures and saying its mars. first man on the moon?My foot becouse saying my a.s..s is blocked. fist photos of mars. my foot again. this is scam i tell you

[seacraft]

Actually Phoenix can detect organic molecules in water ice so does have life-detection data capability.

[Syn]

Mars isn't as red as NASA portrays it. Mars does have blue skies and brighter blue rocks. :) There are dust storms that cause the reddish colors at times. And there is water/ice on mars holding organisms and possibly more. There are some things they don't tell you because they don't think the "people" are ready.

[Syn]

Mars isn't as red as NASA portrays it. Mars does have blue skies and brighter blue rocks. :) There are dust storms that cause the reddish colors at times. And there is water/ice on mars holding organisms and possibly more. There are some things they don't tell you because they don't think the "people" are ready.

[me]

So you steal two pics from NASA's or JPL's site, slap em on your blog, don't bother to name the source(s) or to add any additional useful comment and that's it? Pretty pathetic I'd say.

[Mark]

Attn: "me" (not me)

They do not have to do the sources. even on the NASA site it says these pictures are not copyrighted. therefore there is no need to source them.

BTW nice pictures so far

[Danny]

I'm all about scientific progress but 240 mil could be spent in better ways. What do these pics show us that the other rovers haven't?

[Old Bob]

Well Danny, these photos are different from others because they are taken on a part of the planet we've never landed at before, specifically the northern polar region. Also, the Phoenix is not a "rover", it's a lander, it doesn't move once on the surface. As for the cost, it's about a $1.35 per citizen, surely you can afford that without all the whining.

[Louis Lux]

After jettisoning the parachute so close to the landing I wonder why its not seen in any of the photographs, or did it drift too far out of the field of view. Just wondering why it hasn't been seen.

[Bangkok-Bob]

The bottom pictures are in 3D. To see this in 3D you need to have Red/Green glasses. Or you can just get the Red and Green gels and make your own.

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