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From: John W. Auchettl <Praufo@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 12:41:41 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 21:49:17 -0400
Subject: Re: Does Mars Have A Blue Sky?


 >Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 11:45:46 -0700
 >From: Larry Hatch <larryhat@jps.net>
 >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>
 >Subject: Re: Does Mars Have A Blue Sky?

Larry asked:

 >Can you guys please stop alla this stuff, and answer a
 >simple question?

 >Lets say a regular person from Planet Earth goes to
 >Mars. He looks up in the sky. What goddamn color does
 >he see?

 >Is that such a complicated matter? Why are we arguing?
 >What goddamn colour of sky does this poor fool see
 >before he runs out of air or water?

 >I will allow two answers:

 >1)  During a sand/wind storm   - and -
 >2)  Not.

 >All else seems like crap.
 >Very best wishes
 >- Larry Hatch


Hi Larry, EBK & List

Forget about the air Larry, what about the JW-Black label rocket
fuel. Then we would all see pink elephants. However, from the
general rules in the books and with Mr. HUBBLE hot on our tail,
you should/may see this?


------------------------------------------
                       LOOK DIRECTION
                 --------------------------
    SKY TYPE   =    ^Up^        <across>
------------------------------------------
[1] Dust/Wind =   Salmon      Dark Salmon
[2] Clear     =  Light Blue   Salmon+Blue
[3] Cloud     =  White+Blue       ?
[3] Sunset    =  Dark Blue     Red+Pink
------------------------------------------

[a]. The local illumination conditions at the time depend on
      season, sun elevation.

[b]. The blue-sky phenomenon was later explained theoretically
      by Lord Rayleigh.


Larry asked:

 >Is that such a complicated matter? Why are we arguing?
 >What goddamn colour of sky does this poor fool see
 >before he runs out of air or water?


Well, as the story goes (?), the problem with the surface camera
images is a technical one, a possible "rubbish in rubbish out"
or "where did that come from, the engine, what is it, how do I
know, then just put it in the boot" - Fortean.

Some one at HUBBLE said, "the colours are wrong" - VIKING say
"thats what it looks like and thats the best we could do".

They (HUBBLE persons) found that even when you look at Mars the
sky is "BLUE" and a "Dust Storm", on Mars look like any other
dust storm on Earth. (Looks are the KEY WORD - data limits
however).

Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
creates more supporting evidence the HUBBLE people say.

The question in "who set the camera data". If you look at all
the Viking colour images the colour palate is chaotic. Just
about every image is unstable - in the end lots of B/W & Grey
images are given out to the public.

                          ***

So a MR HUBBLE said, take a look at the links from the HUBBLE
crew.

http://www.physics.utoledo.edu/~pbj/stormpage.html


[] MARS CLOUD ---- B/W extraction ----

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/jpeg/marsbwc.jpg

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/hrtemp/97-15a.jpg

[] MARS ---- Blue Atmosphere ----

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/hrtemp/97-23.jpg

                          ***

EARTH IMAGE - Note: STS cameras are nothing like the above
samples.

[] EARTH ---- Looking Down ----

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/Images/STS066/lores/STS066-152-172.JPG

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/Images/STS048/lores/STS048-083-077.JPG

[] EARTH ---- Looking Side ----

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/Images/STS052/lores/STS052-082-007.JPG

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/Images/STS059/lores/STS059-238-088.JPG

                          ***

THE JPL TEST:

When you correct the images data on Viking 2 using the CO2
ground frost images and the white instrument cover - the sky
becomes BLUE. (?)

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/images/sred2/sred2_S30.gif

REF: Frost at the Viking 2 Lander (48°N, 226°W)
      Viking Lander image = 21I093


Then there is the story about the "Colour Test Pads" and the
Magnifying Mirror...

OK then - Next time if your interested!


Thank Errol.


Best regards to you Larry,


John W. Auchettl - Director PRA Research


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