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You may have noticed that many of the images on KilroyOnMars.com show colors not normally associated with Mars. It may seem that no two pictures of the Martian surface have exactly the same color balance. This can be said whether you are looking at images here or elsewhere on the web including NASA's own sites. Widely seen images…

 1. Conventional wisdom suggests that present day Mars is a barren and desolate world incapable of supporting even the simplest forms of life. This is a notion which the composite panoramic photograph above does nothing to dispel. In keeping with that assumption, robotic missions sent to the red planet… 

NASA's Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars - droplets that apparently splashed onto the spacecraft's leg during landing, according to some members of the Phoenix team.

The controversial observation could be explained by the mission's previous discovery of perchlorate salts in the soil, since the salts can keep water liquid at sub-zero temperatures. Researchers say this antifreeze effect makes it possible for liquid water to be widespread just below the surface of Mars, but point out that even if it is there, it may be too salty to support life as we know it.

Here are the unprocessed raw images used by NASA and by me to assemble the panoramas and the anaglyphs. Spanning Sols 66 through 70 the raw images concentrate on Kilroy's rock. The two images from sol 71 are also included because they show the rock from another angle. However, because of the distance from the camera is too great they provide little useful detail aside from the contextual. There are also two interesting images from sol 64 included in the collection that show symbols carved into the surface of one of the rocks. There is striking evidence of additional and rather extensive writings visible throughout the area that will be presented soon. Check back for further details.