Trick photography?

Ok, so, this picture was part of an article from the Telegraph. What I want to know is, what or who took the picture if the only known camera is on the rover?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8095368/Nasa-uncovers-new-life-on-Mars-evidence-after-rover-got-stuck-in-the-mud.html

When you pull up the article, and you see the mosaic picture #1, check out picture #2 (as shown below). Did someone slip up on what photos to release? You be the judge.




Oh NASA, when will you learn? Either you're staging things (as some people believe), or there is more out there then you are telling us, it has to be one or the other...

Hello Gigas,

It is there.

LOLMAO, I do so love it when they make a mistake. file pic of the rover but not labled file pic.
Same pic on thier web site. good for a lagh though.

Davefair

I'm laughing at this picture; and I don't believe they fake pictures! Could this be a cgi pic from before they sent the rover up? Maybe there was a camera on the landing shell of the pod?

What happens is they run mockups of the martain planet. Like a movie set. They take the picture that you see. Then when the need to show the lander your get the file photo. Just about any goverment office LIke the mint and the post office has a complete set of "good"
photos they can use as needed.


Davefair

onlychild wrote:

All you have to do - is ask.

From Prof. Steve Squyres:
Here's the original source of the image:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/specialEffects/spirit/

As that web site states, it's a "special effects" or "synthetic" image.

Debunked! Thanks for the link. Looked a little hokey at first.