Re: Problem with this image from MRO?

Sam Wormley:
Look at the enlarged image from MRO
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0705/marshole_hirise_big.jpg

It looks like it suffers from "vibration" or a double image... something
is wrong. Any ideas.

Davoud:
It does indeed have that jittery look, and since no other photo I have
seen from MRO has that look, it would appear that something is wrong
with the image or the image processing. It could, however be an
illusion caused by the nature of the terrain and/or the angle of the
light.

Or the photo might have been doctored by NASA to hide from us the
statue of Elvis that is just up-slope from the hole.

David Nakamoto:
Look carefully. Craters are not duplicated. It is the nature of the
terrain and not a product of image processing that causes the embossed
look. There is nothing wrong with the image.

Thank you. Er, uh, I /did/ look carefully. "...it would /appear/ that
something is wrong..." "...could, however be an /illusion/ ..."

Let me assure you that if I were convinced that something was wrong
with the image I would have said "...there is something wrong with the
image..." or words to that effect. I have a really tight grasp on the
difference between "appears to be" and "is." And I know what "is" is
:--)

Davoud

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