Anyone know how this shot of opportunity was taken?

Yes.

I wondered the same thing when I saw it. Sudbury? ;-)

Len Bryan

-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

What he didn't say, and attempted to make you search for and read yourself, is;

"Imagery from Opportunity is combined to generate this "overhead" view of the rover sitting on its lander at Meridiani Planum. Credit: NASA/JPL"

steve

Leech)

The photograph was taken by a guy on an overhead beam at the sound stage where all this is being filmed.

Seriously, there's a camera on a pole on the rover. Raise the pole and take a series of shots angled down in a full circle. Computer process the photos so that you get what would appear to be an overhead shot.

On the right side, you can see what appear to be triangles. My guess is they're artifacts from a change in lighting or something.

Zooty

The empty black space at the center of the lander is the base of the pole on which the camera is sitting.

Dave

it's not a sound stage, it is Black Rock desert.

Clearly you are a government stooge, blinded by the conspiracy to cover the conspira....

Oh hell. That doesn't even make sense to me.

Never mind. You win.

Zooty

if you look closely you can see my tinfoil hat at the edge of the picture.

This seems like an "impossible" shot. Anyone know how it was taken?

"GCGassaway"

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Stop it... you'll ruin the fun of the conspiracy.

I've taken some of those shots and inserted pictures of family and friends waving in the background. Funny photo shop fun.

HDS

Why does it look like there are footprints around the site?

Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!

Hmm, speaking of which, I got this picture of Mars a week ago, anyone still think there might be intelligent life on mars??

hehe

Yeah, I heard it's staffed by aliens, like on earth. ;)

There is now.

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