Postcards From Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet - Hardcover

Bell, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525949852 ISBN 13: 9780525949855

Publisher: E P Dutton & Co Inc, 2006

Synopsis

A photographic survey of the surface of Mars, culled from the mobile robot missions to the red planet's surface, features more than 150 full-color prints and four large-width gatefold images complemented by the rover mission photography team leader's discussions about the landmark Mars missions and what they have revealed.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work takes the reader on a fantastic voyage - strolling on mars with the spirit and opportunity robot missions. The cream of the astonishing crop of photographs brought back by the Spirit and Opportunity Mars missions - revealed in their true glory for the first time. The most fantastic of all journeys - the Spirit and Opportunity robot missions to the surface of Mars - produced over 150 000 astonishing photographs. While these images were made available on low-resolution computer screens as they were beamed across millions of space miles, no-one had done the painstaking work of editing, cropping and processing the massive pictures for a true photographic form. Until now. Jim Bell, the scientist and photographer who controlled the image team on the Roving Mars missions, has fully processed 150 of the best images they generated. With his unique perspective, these photographs take readers from the launch of the robots to the alien landscape they discovered and the mysteries of the Red Planet they have helped to solve.

Four of the most impressive pictures are presented in their entirety as gatefold images extending over three feet in width - providing a view of the surface of another planet unprecedented in detail and clarity. It is an unimaginable opportunity to walk the surface of another world.

About the Author:

Professor of astronomy at Cornell, Jim Bell was in charge of the photography on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions to Mars that touched down in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: E P Dutton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0525949852
• ISBN 13: 9780525949855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220