In the above image, timestamps are Mars Local Time and the dates are in DD/MM/YYYY format.
Why did NASA decide to turn back and look further at this “rock” in various wavelengths? Each Pancam camera (Left and Right) has a small, eight-position filter wheel on the front that allows NASA to obtain images in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that can reveal interesting scientific details of surface materials. Bandpass Filters are used to selectively transmit a portion of the spectrum while rejecting all other wavelengths. For example, the Left Pancam image taken on SOL 527 in 432nm wavelength with the 32nm short pass filter on 27/06/2005 at around 15:00 appears to show two small protuberances on the left-hand side of the target rock. The Right Pancam camera image, taken at the same time but with a 436nm / 37nm short pass filter does not show the protuberances as well. These two images both show the flat “tail-like” protuberance resting on the rock very well; the final image on SOL 541 in 482nm with 30nm bandpass filter applied also shows this “tail” section well but does not show the two smaller protuberances on the left-hand side because the Sun is higher in the Martian sky (just after mid-day). Two things that do show up in all eight images are the small circular “hole” and large rectangular “space” at the front of this target. This completely discounts the corrupt data pixel and pareidolia theories. It’s real.
Here is the RAW DATA, direct from the NASA Mars Exploration Rover webpages :
SOL 527 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440L7M1.HTML
SOL 527_2 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440R1M1.HTML
SOL 540_1 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/540/2P174301129EFFACB9P2445L7M1.HTML
SOL 540_2 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/540/2P174301129EFFACB9P2445R1M1.HTML
SOL 541_1 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/541/2P174390399EFFACB9P2298L2M1.HTML
SOL 541_2 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/541/2P174390399EFFACB9P2298R2M1.HTML
SOL 541_3 https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/541/2P174390446EFFACB9P2298R7M1.HTML
FILENAME CAMERA & FILTER USED DATE & TIME (MARS LOCAL) 2P173156766EFFACA0P2440L7M1 L7 = 432nm (32nm Short-pass) 27 JUNE 2005 15:01:19 2P173156766EFFACA0P2440R1M1 R1 = 436nm (37nm Short-pass) 27 JUNE 2005 15:01:19 2P174301129EFFACB9P2445L7M1 L7 = 432nm (32nm Short-pass) 9 JULY 2005 14:55:19 2P174301129EFFACB9P2445R1M1 R1 = 436nm (37nm Short-pass) 9 JULY 2005 14:55:19 2P174390399EFFACB9P2298L2M1 L2 = 753nm (20nm bandpass) 10 JULY 2005 12:23:25 2P174390399EFFACB9P2298R2M1 R2 = 754nm (20nm bandpass) 10 JULY 2005 12:23:25 2P174390446EFFACB9P2298R7M1 R7 = 1009nm (38nm Long-pass) 10 JULY 2005 12:24:10 2P174390483EFFACB9P2298L6M1 L6 = 482nm (30nm bandpass) 10 JULY 2005 12:24:46
DECODING THE IMAGE FILENAMES
Below is a chart that will help you decode the 27 character file names associated with the Mars Exploration Rover mission. There is enough info below to allow you to make stereograms and construct color pictures and determine when and where the raw images were taken. Enjoy!
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Character Function
1 Spacecraft ID
1 = Opportunity
2 = Spirit
2 Camera
F = Forward HAZCAM
R = Rear HAZCAM
N = NAVCAM
P = PANCAM
M = Microscopic Imager
E – EDLcam (Descent Imager)
3 to 11 Spacecraft clock
This is the number of seconds since January 1, 2000 at 11:58:55.816 UTC.
12 to 14 Product type
Product types are differentiated as having camera-induced
distortion removed (geometrically “linearized”) or not
removed (nominal), and, as being thumbnail-sized or not.
Four special flag characters follow:
a) Beginning E – Type of EDR, which are raw with no camera
model linearization or radiometric correction. If no
beginning E, then it is a Reduced Data Record (RDR).
b) Ending T – EDR or RDR that is Thumbnail -sized.
c) Ending L – If no beginning E , denotes an RDR that is
Linearized, except for Thumbnail sized RDRs.
d) Ending N – If no beginning E , denotes an RDR that is
ThumbNail-sized and Linearized .
Valid values for MER camera instrument input data products:
Data Product Identifier
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full frame EDR EFF
Sub-frame EDR ESF
Downsampled EDR EDN
Thumbnail EDR ETH
Row Summed EDR ERS
Column Summed EDR ECS
Reference Pixels EDR ERP
Histogram EDR EHG
15 to 16 Site number
Site location count (indicates rover’s location).
Valid values: 00, 01, 02,…99, A0, A1,…, A9, AA, AB…etc.
17 to 18 Drive number
Position-within-Site count (indicates rover’s position within site)
Valid values: 00, 01, 02,…99, A0, A1,…, A9, AA, AB…etc.
19 to 23 Command sequence number (one letter, 4 numbers)
Denotes a group of images that were all obtained within a
single command sequence.
Valid values for character (position 1) in field:
C – Cruise
D – IDD & RAT
E – Engineering
F – Flight Software (Seq rejected)
G – (spare)
K – (spare)
M – Master (Surface only)
N – In-Situ instr. (APXS, MB, MI)
P – PMA & Remote Sensing instr. (Pancam, Navcam, Hazcam, MI, Mini-TES)
R – Rover Driving
S – Submaster
T – Test
W – Seq triggered by a Communications Window
X – Contingency
Y – (spare)
Z – SCM Seqs
Valid values for integers (positions 2 thru 5) in field:
0000 thru 4095 – Valid Sequence number, commanded by Ground
If P in character position 1:
0000 through 0499 – Misc. imaging setup/parm sequences
0500 through 0999 – Unallocated, for possible future use
1000 through 1499 – Hazcam sequences
1500 through 1999 – Navcam sequences
2000 through 2899 – Pancam sequences
2900 through 2999 – MI sequences
3000 through 3999 – Mini-TES sequences
4000 through 4095 – Misc. PMA actuation sequences (deploy, etc.)
24 Camera eye
R = Right
L = Left
M – Monoscopic (non-stereo camera)
N – Not Applicable
25 Camera Filter (PANCAM only, 0 otherwise)
LEFT CAMERA RIGHT CAMERA
1 = 739nm (338nm bandpass) 1 = 436nm (37nm Short-pass)
2 = 753nm (20nm bandpass) 2 = 754nm (20nm bandpass)
3 = 673nm (16nm bandpass) 3 = 803nm (20nm bandpass)
4 = 601nm (17nm bandpass) 4 = 864nm (17nm bandpass)
5 = 535nm (20nm bandpass) 5 = 904nm (26nm bandpass)
6 = 482nm (30nm bandpass) 6 = 934nm (25nm bandpass)
7 = 432nm (32nm Short-pass) 7 = 1009nm (38nm Long-pass)
8 = 440nm (20) Solar ND 5.0 8 = 880nm (20) Solar ND 5.0
Microscopic Imager “Filter” positions:
MI window/cover closed (500-700 nm response)
MI window/cover open (400-700 nm response)
26 Product producer
A – Arizona State University
C – Cornell University
F – USGS at Flagstaff
J – Johannes Gutenberg Univ. (Germany)
M – MIPL (OPGS) at JPL
N – NASA Ames Research (L. Edwards)
P – Max Plank Institute (Germany)
S – SOAS at JPL
U – University of Arizona
V – SSV Team (E. De Jong) at JPL
X – Other
27 Product version number
Version identifier providing uniqueness for book keeping.
Valid values: 1, 2, 3, … 9, A, B, … Z
Example:
A photo with the file name
2P126471340EDN0000P2303L5M1.JPG would be from
Spirit (2), taken by the left PANCAM through the
535nm (green) filter. By matching the spacecraft times
(in this case 126471340) with other pictures that have a
similar time, you can find sets that were taken at the same time
of the day. Use similar sets to build stereograms and color
composites. This picture was downsampled (EDN) at
site 0 (00) and position 0 (00) (On the lander in this case!)
It was taken with command sequence P2303 for MIPL
(OPGS) at JPL and is version 1.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/edr_filename_key.html
POSTSCRIPT
NASA scientists Jim Bell and Steve Squyres really did disclose the fact of life on other planets 20 years ago when they decided to upload imagery from Spirit and Opportunity as soon as it was received on Earth, “free from restriction, embargo and as quickly as possible”, but WE all dropped the ball by not examining the data closely enough until now. It must have been extremely distressing and soul-destroying as a scientist to make the most important discovery in human history and then have faceless NASA management tell you that your data is “A Threat to US National Security”. As Richard Dolan pointed out recently during James Iandoli’s u/EngagingPhenomenon interview, the fact of life elsewhere is now not the “Threat” – it is the fact that U.S. Government agencies have suppressed the truth and in doing so, sown extreme distrust.
Scientists such as Bell and Squyres go out on a limb to put the data in plain sight – we need to do better and rigorously examine it ourselves to reach our own conclusions and discuss in the unclassified realm. We should also put pressure on NASA to declassify the scientific reports and analysis of this particular “rock target”. Remember, JPL mission planners had to program Spirit’s movements days in advance to command it to drive back to this location, change the filter wheels on the left and right panoramic cameras, and use the robotic arm and Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) to make scientific measurements. We know this additional programming took place because the image filename location digits are the same (15 &16) but the Drive Numbers (17 & 18) and Command Sequences (19- 23) are different for the SOL 527 images. There has to be more data.
Take the following two images for example of Spirit Rovers’ traverse between April and July 2005:
The top image is from Bell’s Postcards From Mars (2006) and clearly shows the backtracking path taken by Spirit between SOL 527 and 541. The bottom image is from a scientific paper by NASA scientists (including Bell and Squyres) in 2008 which neglects to show the backtracking path and instead highlights a rock target named “Independence”. NASA management probably censored the 2008 report, and also prevented mention of a 3-day panoramic shot of the area taken by Spirit named “Whale Panorama” in future mission logs. Taking panoramic imagery was both technically challenging and extremely exhausting of the rover’s onboard power systems – although a webpage still exists of the panorama (primarily because Bells’ book published the image) you would be hard-pressed to find mention of it anywhere else. I believe this was because the image was captured over the SOL 497 – 500 period and named “Whale Panorama” for some reason (scientific humor?) and then 27 SOLs later the remnants of some type of aquatic animal were actually discovered. Bell and Squyres have probably been secretly hoping for 20 years that someone without NDA restrictions would connect the dots.
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/7052/a-whale-of-a-panorama/
Debunkers
I have deliberately chosen to post this during the Friday night shift changeover at Elgin for maximum disruption of the people tasked with suppressing this information on the Internet. To give them credit though, their ridiculous comments are what drives me to research harder. I only found the information yesterday regarding the different filters and multiple-day exposures – so really the guys in Florida helped get this information out.
GO TEAM EGLIN!
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