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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2178027, member: 28299&quot;]Given how many people on this website like round toned objects made of different elements...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a pic of the VDB Lincoln on Mars... well... one little detail, it&#039;s a false color image of Gale Crater with the VDB in there somewhere.&nbsp; The VDB Lincoln is on the rover Curiosity, which is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater.&nbsp; The picture of Gale Crater was taken using thermal emissions (all objects with a temperature above zero degrees Kelvin emit energy at different wavelengths).&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; FWIW this is the sort of work I did professionally for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned by JPL, &quot;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&#039;s floor appears due to a mix of basaltic sand and windblown dust. The blue at the summit of Gale&#039;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&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Curiosity is in the NW quadrant of Gale Crater, more or less right near the vivid pink area.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/SpaceRelated/Probes-Rovers/GaleCrater_THEMIScrL_zpskt9phgv1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to the JPL webpage this came from (you&#039;ll find a large downloadable HD version of the image on the webpage):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia19674" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia19674" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia19674</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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