Curiosity's Latest High-Res Photo Looks Like Earth 215
New submitter bbianca127 writes "Curiosity sent a picture down to us, and it looks a lot like Earth. Actually, the picture's color quality has been changed — to human eyes, the landscape would look a lot more reddish. Still, it looks remarkably like the southwestern United States (bringing to mind the Arrested Development quote about how Lucille Bluth would rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona)." Definitely a different sense of the place than the one given by the reddish-brown posters I remember from elementary school.
impossibly obscure, personal cultural refences (Score:5, Insightful)
"bringing to mind the Arrested Development quote about how Lucille Bluth would rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona"
no, actually, sorry, not at all
third parties? (Score:5, Insightful)
Why is it that people keep redirecting me to a third party site to see the rover images, in stead of linking to the Nasa source?
White-balanced (Score:5, Insightful)
Why is this a surprise? (Score:5, Insightful)
While there may be a few color differences, one iron and silicate planet is likely to look much like another when there is no vegetation covering.
Re:Of course the color was corrected, camera is B& (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:That's because it IS earth. (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes. But Nevada does have the occasional plant and animal life even once you get out of the city. It's not totally barren.