That is an awesome pic. I wonder how it'd look as a background...
EDIT: If anybody finds one with no white square around the parachute, send it this way. I can edit it out but would much prefer an original image.
That is an awesome pic. I wonder how it'd look as a background...
EDIT: If anybody finds one with no white square around the parachute, send it this way. I can edit it out but would much prefer an original image.
Last edited by 5thHorseman; August 6th, 2012 at 02:51 PM.
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I have to admit it was easier for those of us in Australialand....landing time was just on 3.00pm.Originally Posted by Spad31
Don't worry, I'd say there's lots of GWC'ers geeking out on the inside....
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Haven't seen it non-annotated. But there are more pictures up now including on with locations for all the landing hardware. It's annotated of course. There are also LARGE (over 500 MB) .tif files on the HiRise site but I haven't been able to get them to load to see what they look like. Site is here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/releases/msl-descent.php
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"I am a curmudgeon." - Sean Podcast #301 47:14
"I want GWCers to glue Orion on my butt" - klucassm (Starbuccaneer) 1/19/2012 Eff This Week chat comment
"I just got poked by my wand!" - Juan 3/16/2012 Eff This Week #26
Buzzfeed's Best of the Internet's Reaction to the Mars Rover Landing. Memes that is...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-i...-rover-landing
"GWC Online: It's like a W00tstock in your mind." - dfx 7/22/2011 forum comment
"I am a curmudgeon." - Sean Podcast #301 47:14
"I want GWCers to glue Orion on my butt" - klucassm (Starbuccaneer) 1/19/2012 Eff This Week chat comment
"I just got poked by my wand!" - Juan 3/16/2012 Eff This Week #26
Landing Curiosity on Mars is an incredible achievement. Well done and congratulations to all involved. Now just keep Wolowitz away from the controls and all will be fine!
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I found the raw image, all 550 MEG of it, and cut out a nice background for myself. Anybody who wants it, I've linked it below.
I could crop out any other size pretty easily if anybody would like.
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The Discovery Channel is finally getting around to airing a special event about the Curiousity landing tonight.
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