A Thought About Midway Creatures

Originally presented in duochrome hardcopy UB Comix #11, Aug 1996, page 6. Re-worked for the web. Image palettes commonized & published on mindfulwebworks.com 2007 Apr 18. Reformatted and links updated 2011 Oct 16.
The printed version used a series of low-quality techniques to create b&w images, overlaid with a screening of red to lend the same pinkish tint to all panels. This online presentation was reconstructed from the original photos. Sources:

• Panel 1: DL from CompuServe's Astronomy Forum Library 14, 30-Mar-96 16:15:44CT.
  • MARSOB.png[76004,3230], upl by NASA News/Public Affairs on 06-Aug-1993.
  • Taken by Mars Observer spacecraft as it approached the planet from a distance of 5.8 million kilometers on July 26, 1993, about one month before Mars orbit insertion. Taken by the camera's narrow-angle telescope (color added to b&w photo).
• Panel 2: DL from CompuServe's Astronomy Forum Library 13, 30-Mar-96 16:12:04CT.
  • MARS95.png[76004,3230], upl by NASA News/Public Affairs on 21-Mar-1995.
  • Taken by Hubble Space Telescope on 25 Feb 1995 when Mars was at a distance of approximately 65 million miles away. Exposures taken through 3 different color filters to create this true color image. Credit: Philip James (U. of Toledo), Steven Lee (U of Colorado), NASA.
• Panels 3-6: DL from CompuServe's Encounters Forum (now defunct?) Library 4, 30-Mar-96 16:02:15CT.
  • F035A7.JPG[76260,2154] upl by Bjorn Andersson on 23-Dec-1994.
  • Processed image of 035A72/Viking Mars Probes, from the originals on the Mission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set; color added.