2015 Picture of VDB Lincoln on Mars, looks AT to me.
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Given how many people on this website like round toned objects made of different elements...
Here's a pic of the VDB Lincoln on Mars... well... one little detail, it's a false color image of Gale Crater with the VDB in there somewhere. The VDB Lincoln is on the rover Curiosity, which is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater. The picture of Gale Crater was taken using thermal emissions (all objects with a temperature above zero degrees Kelvin emit energy at different wavelengths). By plugging the assorted images created by using different wavelengths into different color guns on a computer you can determine the chemical/geological properties of a given area. FWIW this is the sort of work I did professionally for many years.
As mentioned by JPL, "The colors come from an image processing technique that identifies mineral differences in surface materials and displays them in false colors. For example, windblown dust appears pale pink and olivine-rich basalt looks purple. The bright pink on Gale's floor appears due to a mix of basaltic sand and windblown dust. The blue at the summit of Gale's central mound, Mount Sharp, probably comes from local materials exposed there. The typical average Martian surface soil looks grayish-green. Scientists use false-color images such as these to identify places of potential geologic interest".
Curiosity is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater, more or less right near the vivid pink area.
Here's a link to the JPL webpage this came from (you'll find a large downloadable HD version of the image on the webpage):
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Here's a pic of the VDB Lincoln on Mars... well... one little detail, it's a false color image of Gale Crater with the VDB in there somewhere. The VDB Lincoln is on the rover Curiosity, which is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater. The picture of Gale Crater was taken using thermal emissions (all objects with a temperature above zero degrees Kelvin emit energy at different wavelengths). By plugging the assorted images created by using different wavelengths into different color guns on a computer you can determine the chemical/geological properties of a given area. FWIW this is the sort of work I did professionally for many years.
As mentioned by JPL, "The colors come from an image processing technique that identifies mineral differences in surface materials and displays them in false colors. For example, windblown dust appears pale pink and olivine-rich basalt looks purple. The bright pink on Gale's floor appears due to a mix of basaltic sand and windblown dust. The blue at the summit of Gale's central mound, Mount Sharp, probably comes from local materials exposed there. The typical average Martian surface soil looks grayish-green. Scientists use false-color images such as these to identify places of potential geologic interest".
Curiosity is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater, more or less right near the vivid pink area.
Here's a link to the JPL webpage this came from (you'll find a large downloadable HD version of the image on the webpage):
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<< <i>If you rotate that 90 degrees CCW, it looks like a portrait of a wild old man. >>
or is it abe lincoln there
amazing toner planet mars is
speaking of the 09 VDB
did ya catch the backwards 9 like from an 09 lincoln
encircled and cropped here
AB
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<< <i>If you rotate that 90 degrees CCW, it looks like a portrait of a wild old man. >>
or is it abe lincoln there
amazing toner planet mars is
speaking of the 09 VDB
did ya catch the backwards 9 like from an 09 lincoln
encircled and cropped here
I did not notice the rotated 9 before... Nice pickup!
With regards to the "wild old man" various people have mentioned that it looks like Ben Franklin.
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