Fig1: A rock in the near field of the first image released from the NASA Spirit Rover. (Source: NASA/JPL)

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Fig 2: Fine structure is revealed after application of SeDDaRA. Some artifacting is apparent due to jpeg image compression. NASA uses a lowless compression called LOCO-I (LOw COmplexity LOssless COmpression for Images) to transmit the images from the Mars surface. Unfortunately, the images released to the media are not lossless.

Fig1: An image of the Martian terrain (near the Olympus Mons caldera)taken by the Mars Express spacecraft. (Source: ESA)

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Fig 2: Better resolution is achieved through blind deconvolution. The ridges and rock formations are very clear.