sol 112 EDF 3D crop of the weirdest of the weir...

sol 112 EDF 3D crop of the weirdest of the weird:

The rest of the missing sol 112 filters and missing data images were not posted tonight, and the new images are into sol 113, so I guess that the filters necessary to complete the focus sequence will never be posted.

I did a little research on the EDF algorithm and it looks like there is a requirement that the images be focus zoomed through the optical axis.

If you look carefully at the OM zooms - that is not the case. I have never figured out exactly how the OM is pointed and focused. There seems to be a missing third coordinate in play in the OM positioning that effects the performance of the imagej EDF plugin. I play a "trick" on the algorithm that mostly works - but the deep depth of field of this image may defeat the trick. Bummer.

Er, rpage, the scale is simple. the images are about 1 mm wide. Now your average Joe ( unless he is non-American ) doesn't know millimeters from millipedes so why bother?

The 3 frame montages are around 3 millimeters. The stitching overlap is all over the place and focus effects the scale, so it is never exactly any one number.

I think my time is better spent racing ahead of the avalanche of new images.

Er, how many times do I have to say it? There is no scientific value to my images. They are an idle amusement of an interplanetary tourist.

But glad you were able to get something out of them.

Er, say, what kind of rocks are perfect brown shiney spheres?

It is amusing to me that the oddest thing in the above image is the simplest looking.