Santa Maria crater : Opportunity Navigation & Pan Camera Sol 2467

Pan camera. (false background)

Credit JPL for original images.

Santa Maria in colour.

Detail from the edge of Santa Maria.

This crater is looking interesting!

Inside Santa Maria - Navigation Camera :: Sol 2452

Opportunity at Santa Maria crater Sol 2450

Opportunity: Sol 2397

and the centre portion in RGB. All processed in CS5.

Where did I put that rover?
Credit JPL

The hills (craters) are alive with the sound of music.

On Sol 2382 (Oct. 6, 2010), Opportunity the rover, covered over 94 meters (308 feet) on her trek to Endeavour crater.
Here's a pan that I created from a few images taken by Opportunity's navigation camera.

Credit NASA

Meanwhile back on Mars.

Opportunity has spotted a possible meteorite on the surface. The rock is called "Block Island," and was discovered on July 18, 2009.
Here is a mosaic that I produced from the RAW image website.

And below is an RGB composition that I constructed from the RGB data at the Exploratorium RAW data website, (RGB process for correct colour balance).

Credit: Exploratorium
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.


You may have noticed that I've changed the close-up colour picture a few times. I'm still trying to find a definitive guide for processing colour Mars images.
This is the closest that I can get, using the histogram readings from the image calibration target.

Opportunity at Cape Verde (simulated)

An artist's impression of Opportunity exploring Cape Verde.
Credit: NASA / JPL / Cornell / Texas A & M / Rover model by D. Ellison / simulated view by Astro0