At 02:11:09 UTC the Mastcam Left filmed the inner rim of the Gale crater with a clear blue sky.
It is early morning, it is 08:37:40 LTST (local time) and the Sun has already risen for a couple of hours, thus beginning to warm the environment…
Although the sky is clear, there is a slight haze that veils the green hills in the distance (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/photos/a.1625578140858706/2737796982970144/).
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The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone a reduction of noise due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see.
Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/02698/mcam/2698ML0141170001003180C00_DXXX.jpg
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