The latest:

>> In the interest of providing followup (see, a journalistic heart still beats somewhere inside) comes this story from The New York Times, explaining why the images from the Rover had odd colors:

Still, there was no reason for the Spirit to see pink on Mars. When producing the panorama, the camera also used the red filter.

"We just made a mistake," said Dr. James F. Bell III, the lead scientist for the camera. "It's really just a mess-up."

posted by Bryan at 11:52 AM