last Friday Phil Plait over on " Bad Astronomy "
posted a cool image
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/03/25/conical_structure_on_mars_in_a_sand_dune_field.html
it took the weekend to process all 18 HiRISE red ccd images into one mapped image ( 1.3 gig )
then run a SFS on it , well a crop but still 8192x8192 image
http://imgbox.com/gRItQCbn
reduced size ( 2048x2048 mesh ) test renders in Blender
http://imgbox.com/PbwT2oNU http://imgbox.com/2ZwDYlMp http://imgbox.com/0grOu1KG http://imgbox.com/YuLUaYNf
http://imgbox.com/N4Bd3nau http://imgbox.com/On6EuK3B http://imgbox.com/pTCIykFg http://imgbox.com/mmoDPsC0
higher resolution mesh and slightly recolored B&W red HiRISE image
http://imgbox.com/MwbSQiUr http://imgbox.com/bE4BuAIZ
Here is a selection of renders from recent HiRISE DTM's...
Software;HiVIEW/Blender/Max/Photoshop
Uzboi Vallis
https://flic.kr/p/PHeZYR
https://flic.kr/p/QTnAN1
Noctis Labyrinthus
https://flic.kr/p/QL8Ayi
https://flic.kr/p/PH1BtB
https://flic.kr/p/QL8FG4
https://flic.kr/p/PH1Nvg
Elysium Planitia
https://flic.kr/p/QVLj7X
https://flic.kr/p/PGbAXx
Really nice renders Sean! With this I can imagine rover visits to each of these places. Would be interesting to see where you are in Noctis Labyrinthus relative to the context say from some Viking images that I recall.
Thanks Steve...http://www.uahirise.org/PSP_009118_1665 is the location...
and a test flight...click on the image to see the video.
https://flic.kr/p/PF7NAY
*edit*...and another of the same area, click thru to see the video...
https://flic.kr/p/QXUxCX
http://www.uahirise.org/PSP_006788_1955
https://flic.kr/p/PFCAKJ
https://flic.kr/p/QUxHRy
https://flic.kr/p/PFCBUh
https://flic.kr/p/QUxHou
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_017173_1715
HiRISE data parsed by HiVIEW, Blender, Max, Photoshop & After Effects
https://flic.kr/p/QJZdSL
https://flic.kr/p/PJxrpR
https://flic.kr/p/PJxr9F
https://flic.kr/p/QJZdm5
https://flic.kr/p/PJxqEz
https://flic.kr/p/PJxqrP
https://flic.kr/p/QJZcLN
https://flic.kr/p/QY8mHz
https://flic.kr/p/QJZcrQ
https://flic.kr/p/QY8mh4
last two for this batch...
https://flic.kr/p/QJZc9W
https://flic.kr/p/QY8kWK
How much vertical exaggeration is there in your renderings?
None. This is straight from the DTM.
Indeed glad you are faithful to the terrain - and besides vertical exaggeration wouldn't be needed anyway!
One thing that might be worth a try sometime is the inclusion of scattering by atmospheric dust, depending on how much in the way of the optical parameters can be included in the rendering software.
Its on my list Steve, this initial splurge was spent optimizing the workflow. I managed to shave a few hours off!
http://www.uahirise.org/PSP_006788_1955
Click on the image to see the video...
https://flic.kr/p/PK6FjF
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_014081_1440
https://flic.kr/p/Qr9QSQ
https://flic.kr/p/R1ipAB
Click the image to see the video...
https://flic.kr/p/PLBxKB
HiRISE data parsed by HiVIEW, Blender, Max, Photoshop & After Effects
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002932_1445
HiRISE data parsed by HiVIEW, Blender, Max & Photoshop
No vertical exaggeration.
https://flic.kr/p/QQLLzn
https://flic.kr/p/PMBiuB
https://flic.kr/p/R2e9bk
https://flic.kr/p/QXQYy7
These are just spectacular. I hardly know where to begin. Thank you VERY much, Sean.
Thank you very much, I'm having a LOT of fun making these.
I will be introducing scale reference into the images and here is a sample from the next video I will upload soon...
https://flic.kr/p/PKSqfo
https://flic.kr/p/QYZmCW
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002932_1445
Here is the video with an Astronaut scaled to the model... Click thru to check it out.
https://flic.kr/p/PP6CpZ
As usual...no vertical exaggeration.
Still lots to improve on... atmosphere, colour, animation etc.
DTM suggestions welcome.
Thanks Sean for really advancing things on how we can view Mars. As for DTM suggestions one can consider a helicopter style view following the tracks of Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity?
Another one (unless you've done this) would be in Valles Marineris, harking back to a passage from Cosmos where Carl Sagan narrates a fly through animation poetically saying "...careening through the corridors of the Valley of the Mariners"
Thanks Steve... I love that Carl Sagan idea!
I'm currently working on a Curiosity shot so watch this space!
More Mounds... these are rendered at full available fidelity in the model and texture to determine qualitative difference compared to the previous 'optimized' versions.
https://flic.kr/p/QQL89S
https://flic.kr/p/R4Ut6K
https://flic.kr/p/R4UsU2
Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying them.
If you are familiar with a nice location covered by DTM then please let me know and I will see if Astrid will pay a visit.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/earth-and-its-moon-as-seen-from-mars
SE Asia, Australia, and Antartica are in view. A calibration image taken November 2016.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_016213_2315
https://flic.kr/p/QwLFZC
https://flic.kr/p/QVtSLV
https://flic.kr/p/PPDWtw
https://flic.kr/p/R6XNmk
https://flic.kr/p/PSn5RD
Here is a video from the same location as the previous post...
https://flic.kr/p/PT1PXV
There is a to-scale astronaut in the following image...
https://flic.kr/p/R8nFev
Found her!
Thanks for this challenge. Great way to inspect this incredible terrain. (Or should that Arerrain?)
So it turns out that this area is Domoni crater and the nice folk at PIRL let me know that HiRISE had full coverage so I was able to extend the scene in 3D to provide the following images...
https://flic.kr/p/QzbNub
https://flic.kr/p/R9pU4t
https://flic.kr/p/PUPS2e
using these assets...
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_016490_2315
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_016846_2320
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_016213_2315
Thank you for sharing these!
Click thru for a video tour of Domoni Crater...
https://flic.kr/p/PUsumd
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002878_1880
https://flic.kr/p/QC9gVm
https://flic.kr/p/R8Z2LU
https://flic.kr/p/QYcYEJ
https://flic.kr/p/PV39Vw
https://flic.kr/p/R1QU1g
https://flic.kr/p/QC9nWj
https://flic.kr/p/R1QXG4
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002878_1880
Click thru for the video...
https://flic.kr/p/R2sDYg
Can you spot the astronaut in this image?
https://flic.kr/p/QYVXZS
( Answer is in the subsequent image on Flickr )
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_010301_2200
https://flic.kr/p/Q1GAfn
https://flic.kr/p/R27sgj
https://flic.kr/p/R27rTL
https://flic.kr/p/RfmfCM
https://flic.kr/p/PXXxcN
https://flic.kr/p/RbUAao
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/RbXjPs
Amazing how much detail there is in all of these DTMs that Sean is bringing to life. I'm curious about what the brighter material is near some of the higher terrain. Nice to see an atmosphere showing up in the background. I wonder if future plans might also consider the effects of the atmosphere between the observer and the terrain?
Its on the list Steve. Although given the limited coverage of the area I wonder how much atmos to add.
Interesting question Sean. For a ballpark answer I would suggest that we can estimate an overall optical depth tau (~0.5) and dust scale height of 11km. This means the extinction coefficient at elevations near the ground would be 0.5/11km or 4.55 * 10^-5 m^-1 (tapering off exponentially as we go upward). From this both the inscatter and outscatter can be determined in the path between the observer and point on the terrain.
The impact might be subtle in the foreground, though becoming more noticeable for distant features in the background when looking near the sun.
Thanks for your response Steve. Horizon haze is on the to do list as a priority.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_030715_1440
https://flic.kr/p/Q1aGgo
https://flic.kr/p/R71yAe
Here is a still from a forthcoming animated tour of Hale Crater Hills.
https://flic.kr/p/QJnqAA
Added some atmospheric scattering.
Another one from Hale Crater Hills...
https://flic.kr/p/Q57eei
Great to see this realistic atmospheric effect!
Thanks Steve... I figured out a way to automate/bake it into the workflow so it should help a lot with future images. More work to be done on the skybox.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_030715_1440 http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_030715_1440
Click thru to see the animated tour in 4k...
https://flic.kr/p/Rkj5wi
Stitched together from 2 DTM's.
Hale Hills oblique...
https://flic.kr/p/Q58WJG
rendered at 20000 x 10000
To re-iterate, these are simply spectacular Sean - almost Ansel-Adamesque. Thanks for sharing them.
Thank you, quite addictive making them! The data is amazing...these renders are optimized to run on my machine so there is room to squeeze a little more detail out. There are lots of 'improvements' on the way...sky, colour and hopefully some kind of contextual compositional solution, if I can get my head around the myriad sources!
Thanks for the story Art and given that your compliment means a lot!
I suppose it has something to do with making these inaccessible places tangible in some way, there is a visceral thrill when the elevation data & satellite imagery come together. Suddenly it is a place.
Here is a best quality available video of RGB pass from the Mounds in Ganges Chasma...
https://flic.kr/p/RcZY1X
Now able to render at full available texture resolution!
A small breakthrough which might only result in a tiny perceptible qualitative improvement given compromises on elevation data...
https://flic.kr/p/RkoGKd
...shots closer to models would hold up better though.
Here is RGB data mapped to 3D model to show parallax...
https://flic.kr/p/QQfhHu
Culled this animation from a 9 DTM strong swathe of Mt Sharp... too wieldy to be productive yet so the following uses only 1 DTM
click thru to see the video...
https://flic.kr/p/QcKTK1
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_009149_1750
Hematite Ridge portrait
5 DTM's at full texture res, 12k x 6k work in progress so please forgive the misalignment!
https://flic.kr/p/Rr8ZcW
Sharp Slope
Click thru for the video...
https://flic.kr/p/RrdrCJ
Here is a link to a 450 megapixel test render of
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/195470
over at Gigapan.
Rendering at this level shows up some errors in alignment & textures ( not loading ) but is a good prep for upscaling to 65k pixel output
Any chance you point out where's Oppy or where she'll enter the scene? Thanks
Here is a link to another Gigapan 450 megapixel extravaganza...
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/195482
And the Flickr version...
https://flic.kr/p/Ri6Hmf
I was quite aggressive culling the DTM borders to conform to the chosen viewing angle.
Lots of work in Photoshop to balance out the jigsaw of exposures.
Each of the 5 DTM's were rendered separately, the foreground render then acted as a guide for conforming the rest to the base Mt Sharp render which is visible in the background crater rim and the upper left of the image. A depth pass was used to introduce atmosphere and soften transitions.
An amazing dataset!
You mean Curi, surely?
In the most recent Gigapan you can see Murray Buttes at the bottom center right of the image, tracing the route up toward the natural break in the dune field to the left of Ireson hill you can almost discern a path leading up to Hematite Ridge. In time I will make a version with the notional route.
Thanks and haha! Yes Cury, don't ask me why? May be Oppy=hematite for the last 13 years
The Gale Crater movie is perhaps the most awesome rendering of planetary image data I've seen. Thank you! It really brought the places Curiosity is exploring to life, which the overhead images don't.
If you ever have the time and inclination, it would be fascinating if the movie could retrace the Rover's journey.
Thanks vjkane, although to be fair there have been awesome animations using the same data over on Youtube since 2010.
I do have a nice 4k animation cooking at the moment but its going to take a while before it is ready.
In the meantime here is another take on the HiRISE coverage of Mt Sharp...
https://flic.kr/p/Ry4kMv
and the 450 megapixel Gigapan version...
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/195525
I grabbed a crop of Sean's "Mount Sharp Northwest Flank" (from Gigapan) and roughly marked Curiosity's route up to sol 1589 (green), it's current position (yellow star) and the latest "notional route" from JPL (red). Hopefully it will be helpful. Sean's work has added another dimension to my awe for this mission.
Fernando
Thanks Fernando. The wide field view of Curi's journey is a sight to behold!
So my plan is to image the entire mission zone along with the route so far & notional route, in as big an image as Gigapan will host, I'm not sure what their upper limit is. I think Photoshop will only go to 65k pixels square.
The trick will be to get a good angle without making the quilt-work of DTM's too obvious against the lores mesh of Gale Crater.
'Bob'
Here is a 4k video covering a 4 DTM swathe of Mt Sharp
https://flic.kr/p/RscShW
Each DTM was rendered separately then combined in After Effects to blend variable exposures.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_001918_1735
https://flic.kr/p/Sf9Gdv
Spirit Zoom...click thru for video
https://flic.kr/p/SiRASr
Blending 3 layers of 2x HRSC sets & 1x HiRISE set
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_035243_2080
https://flic.kr/p/RZh2qE
https://flic.kr/p/Skeq3w
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_043742_1800
https://flic.kr/p/Ske9rS
https://flic.kr/p/Sz6G7a
Colorized texture pass based on RGB strip
https://flic.kr/p/Sog468
https://flic.kr/p/Sof9Fi
THANK YOU for the "SPIRIT ZOOM". It really gave me context of the area, and how fortunate we were to have those interesting hills nearby to make the mission great!
Thanks Monty P
More colorized dunes based on HiRISE RGB strip...
https://flic.kr/p/SwSEgL
https://flic.kr/p/SmGNQq
https://flic.kr/p/S1KeXU
https://flic.kr/p/SmGNCw
https://flic.kr/p/RiX9Bu
https://flic.kr/p/SmGNjf
Sean, you're totally changing our view of Mars. You're a pioneer. You're a new explorer. Thank you SO much...
Interesting video from HIRISE images here with a variety of quick flyovers: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/stunning-video-mars-took-three-months-stitch-together-hand/
HiRISin'
Click thru for video...
https://flic.kr/p/TajXgV
Celebrating 50,000 orbits
...I'm gonna need a loan to make the requisite deposits in the swear jar.
Incredible work, Sean; thank you!!!
See post #79! Thank you (Frantz-kly)
Majestic!
Thankee!
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002047_1890
Click thru for video...
https://flic.kr/p/TsoMDH
And some 4k stills...
https://flic.kr/p/SSpyFA
https://flic.kr/p/SSpyVd
https://flic.kr/p/SSpyYj
https://flic.kr/p/SSpz3C
Terby Crater
Click thru for video...
https://flic.kr/p/STfPty
Faulted Layers in Meridiani Planum
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TpHkab
Re-rendered in 4k
That's nice Sean - it's remarkable how regular the tilted layers are. Have you done anything around the North Polar layering, similar to these examples?
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_001738_2670
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_010008_2630
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21465
Elsewhere, here is an interesting cluster of mesas that you might have done? http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_026040_1880
I gather this is the Arabia Terra rendered in post #85 - pretty neat: http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002047_1890
Thanks Steve.
Thanks for the links & suggestions, I really appreciate the feedback.
I have those polar layers in the queue... I will move them up!
The mesas are also on the to-do list but I want to put them in context so its a little more work.
I have updated the Arabia Terra post with the source link.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002063_1735
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/ScGExu
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_028387_1790
https://flic.kr/p/SdGY4W
https://flic.kr/p/Tgpu55
https://flic.kr/p/SdGYCb
https://flic.kr/p/TiLPLK
Simply Stunning Sean
Thanks Paul
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_028387_1790
Click thru for a 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/ThhztE
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_001918_1735
Click thru for 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/SfaXos
Delurking to say !!!!!
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_009118_1665
Click thru for a 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/Tm6rxg
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_024728_1595
https://flic.kr/p/TmfbBg
https://flic.kr/p/TmfbbM
https://flic.kr/p/Sg8T8m
https://flic.kr/p/Sg8SSS
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_039502_1380
https://flic.kr/p/SiSZ8D
https://flic.kr/p/Tu9J3w
https://flic.kr/p/Tu9HGS
https://flic.kr/p/SiSYVp
https://flic.kr/p/SXSnLL
Click thru for a 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/SYcWr7
Since uploading the video I felt it moved too quickly, so here is a longer cut...
https://flic.kr/p/TyFWt6
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_024728_1595
Click thru for a 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/SjDv4d
*updated with much higher bitrate to accommodate detail
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_016490_2315
Click thru for a 4k video...
https://flic.kr/p/T98Ytm
Here is Domoni in full...
https://flic.kr/p/QzbNub
Interesting to see such a deep bowl shaped crater at about 0:58 time in the Ladon Valles video. Looks to be consistent with the higher depth/diameter ratios for small craters mentioned in http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2419.pdf, possibly around 0.3? Intricate terrain overall.
Nice music with Domoni too.
Thanks Steve.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_012873_2045
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TAxcLn
I also updated the Arabia Terra clip, now longer with better bitrate.
https://flic.kr/p/SvqgVj
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_003569_2035
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TPnkzz
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_007110_1325
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TPqS82
HiRISin' 2
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/ThenDS
Sean, these vids are gorgeous! Thanks for posting
Thanks brellis.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_002932_1445
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TYCKZy
Updated this with better bitrate, textures & atmospheric scattering
Jezero
Click thru for video...
https://flic.kr/p/TQDFNj
data by HiRISE, HRSC & CTX
Updated with better bitrate, masking & dropped the awful sepia tint.
Eagle crater in color (at last)! So much dust covering the lander, it's almost poignant... https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/04/21
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_014153_1430
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TSQoW9
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_006794_2200
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TXbpXn
Updated this to 4k with better texture, higher bitrate, extended path & atmospheric scattering.
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_009149_1750
Click thru for a video...
https://flic.kr/p/TZNNRp
Music by Andreas Vollenweider
Flying over Vera Rubin Ridge & lower Mt Sharp.
Here is a 686 Megapixel portrait of Kaiser Crater...
https://flic.kr/p/Z1ZSJ5
...and a 4k wallpaper.
https://flic.kr/p/CiDWio
Mojave Crater 4k...
https://flic.kr/p/YnEMYr
...and a 4k 60fps flyby
https://flic.kr/p/YjLsYQ
Some synthetic RGB work...
https://flic.kr/p/Z3mDKm
https://flic.kr/p/ZmQjoN
Very nice, I really like the haze effect on the distant objects.
Another pass at Mojave, this time using Curiosity mosaic color info to influence the synthetic rgb texture...
https://flic.kr/p/Z4CjHf
[ 20 Megapixel ]
and a postcard...
https://flic.kr/p/ZsFY8c
Here is one of Sean's images on display at LPSC on Monday morning.
Phil
Thanks for this Phil...do you mind if I share it on that thing called social media?
Yes, use it any way you like!
Phil
Some updates...
A new Jezero flyby made with CTX & MARCI
https://flic.kr/p/24oMQpu
https://youtu.be/mYVuY9IUKl0
Gale crater color study made with HRSC & MARCI...
https://flic.kr/p/25woiLd
https://flic.kr/p/22QwnBh
Lots of wrinkles to iron out of this workflow still...
Now make a simulated landing video in Jezero crater
Gorgonum Chaos...made with synthetic rgb mapped to HiRISE rgb
https://flic.kr/p/288xKEy
https://flic.kr/p/28dqbog
40 megapixel...
https://flic.kr/p/JzFGkV
Details...
https://flic.kr/p/L6GtKf
https://flic.kr/p/26RZUpH
Flyby animation...
https://flic.kr/p/L5jx9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZc6ictXuIo
Great job Sean! Thanx
Gorgonum Chaos 2...a lower flyby with synthetic color pass derived from HiRISE rgb, extended sky & horizon.
https://flic.kr/p/26UcULZ
https://youtu.be/ODoZTcpqcN0
Just fantastic as always from you.
I used to look at these scenes and think - look what water has done. But because of Oppy I think - look at what fault control has done.
Long live Oppy!
New pass on 3xDTM Domoni Crater...
https://flic.kr/p/279hhsT
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/209243
https://flic.kr/p/28vVZ2r
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/209241
HiRISE RGB mapped to synthetic color [ for the color version ] & lots of remixing & repairs in Photoshop
Ceti Mensa
https://flic.kr/p/295y4Gf
HiRISE RGB mapped to synthetic color
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0sQU7t1lk8
Great work, Sean, as always.
I'm happy to see my HiWish fulfulled, it being some impressive dark sand dunes in Melas Chasma.
This is mostly on topic, does anyone know what science observations MRO is taking during the dust storm? Specifically, HiRISE imaging would seem to be a waste of precious downlink volume. Are other instruments being used more?
Thanks. I'm not sure what criteria is used to determine which stereo pairs are converted to dtm's. I do know that only a small fraction of stereo pairs have been converted and that the computation required to do so is intensive.
Another portrait of one of the mounds in Ganges Chasma...
https://flic.kr/p/2ax2J7y
Ganges Mensa
https://flic.kr/p/NCjfkb
4k version on https://youtu.be/oGGltr6emGw & https://vimeo.com/288191145
Glacier
https://flic.kr/p/NCrhJf
4k version on https://youtu.be/obt9saX_i8U & https://vimeo.com/288209952
Glacier portrait
https://flic.kr/p/2aLau4Z
Columbus
https://flic.kr/p/2atVx1N
4k version on https://youtu.be/RuJ6aaBNTJ8 & https://vimeo.com/292564916
https://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_005429_1510
Sean, with the discussion on Arsia Mons, is there DTM data? Could you do a flyby, esp. of the SW flank where the clouds seem to be starting? Thanks!
Sadly there's no HiRISE DTM's of the area.
Some HRSC Images do though.... -
http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/planetview/inst/hrsc/H0263_0000_DT4#P=H0263_0000_DT4&T=2
There may be others according to HRSC View.
It might be a while before I can look at that area, any decision to render will depend on data coverage/quality & aesthetic.
Zephyria region...
https://flic.kr/p/2afnxdz
4k on https://youtu.be/GRxoRfZBdBc
http://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_017825_1760
A flyby of polygonal ridges in the Syrtis region.
https://flic.kr/p/2azLRVJ
4k on https://t.co/MCZaES6xk0 & https://vimeo.com/293160601
https://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_019133_1975
While working on classifying subsets of CTX images on the https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four-terrains and https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four-ridges projects on Zooniverse, I often need to visualize the full CTX or search for nearby CTX or HiRISE images.
That used to be easy using the http://image%20explorer from ASU. Having loaded the reference CTX with the image explorer, I just clicked the "View this image in context on an interactive map" button. Sadly this capability seems to no longer be working for CTX and HiRISE images, despite still being available for THEMIS.
Does anyone know what happened or how to bypass an eventual problem? Thanks
Fernando
Update: the capability has been restored. Thanks are due to those making it happen!
Thanks Fernando, here is Ius Chasma...
https://flic.kr/p/2anc9CH
4k on https://youtu.be/iG8BJHJsqIA
https://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_024954_1720
It seems that the correction to MRO CTX Viewer problems I mentioned in Post http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=8179&view=findpost&p=241323 did not catch everything.
The "View this image in the context of an interactive map" button now works almost perfectly. It does open a map, but it is centered on the wrong coordinates.
For instance, for image F13_041029_0968_XN_83S057W the map opens centered on 83.3º N / 302.5º E. North when it should have been South.
The absolute value of the latitude is used to position the map.
It would seem the code is parsing the image ID but fails to take the N or S indication into consideration.
Perhaps some viewer of this forum knows someone able to fix it? Thanks.
Fernando
Perhaps this is related to the direction in which the HiRISE strip is captured? Some have North up and some South up. That information is present in the .LBL file. I don't think it is possible to determine it from the file name.
Paolo
Testing some new rgb / synthetic rgb blends...
Medusa Fossae
https://flic.kr/p/23CUY2c
For the 3D texture I target HiRISE rgb and build out a synthetic rgb map then blend in Photoshop.
Medusa Fossae Bullseye
https://flic.kr/p/2ecb9jd
rgb / synthetic rgb
https://youtu.be/lNn5QGM8fwU
3D Flyby of the Grand Canyon on MT Sharp in false colour.
Best viewed on a 4K TV: https://youtu.be/9Ug5bvRRaEI
https://youtu.be/9Ug5bvRRaEI
HiRISE DTM used: https://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=PSP_006855_1750
https://flic.kr/p/2j7voLf
Full 33 minute version in 4k on https://youtu.be/m_geeog42mk
Here is a link to the https://twitter.com/_TheSeaning/status/1267090543529603082
A new image of the Spirit rover, taken 25 Apr 2021.
https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_069122_1650
https://twitter.com/kevinmgill/status/1399769072917639175
Fascinating... doesn't it look dusty?
Not the slightest glint of shiny metal.
April 2021 MRO of MER-Spirit at 'Home Plate'
(finally got this image off the back-burner)
Spirit is stuck in Scamander / Troy -- the front of the Rover is roughly NW in the image
I think you can make out the 'churned up' area to the N/NW of the rover. Spirit was trying very hard to back out.
2021 MRO image inside the larger image
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