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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cassini's ongoing mission and raw images _ New Hires Enceladus Topography

Posted by: DrShank Sep 4 2009, 05:11 AM

I have posted some new views of Enceladus - based on a new topographic map of the south polar region at 20 meter resolution - on my stereo topography blog ( stereomoons.blogspot.com ) as well as on my Facebook page (search under my name). I also attach a few here for viewing. They are based on e80 encounter data from August 2008. These views include the tiger stripe tectonic ridges Damascus, Baghdad and Cairo Sulcus. Additional details can be supplied for special requests.
Two movies have also been posted on those two sites. The blog movies are overcompressed but the Facebook ones are fine.
Enjoy!
Paul

All image credits: Paul Schenk/Lunar and Planetary Institute

Posted by: Decepticon Sep 4 2009, 05:45 AM

HOLY EUROPA!

Well kinda. Thats looks amazing!

Posted by: nprev Sep 4 2009, 06:37 AM

Sweet stuff. The good Doctor's new blog is a gallery of wonders, and this is a very fine addition. Thanks!!!

Posted by: DrShank Sep 4 2009, 12:30 PM

QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 4 2009, 01:37 AM)

Sweet stuff. The good
Doctor's new blog is a gallery of wonders, and this is a very fine addition. Thanks!!!

thanks much! I have these for most satellites and will be posting them one at a time for the next month or so.

FYI. The top image is Damascus the bottom two Baghdad Sulcus. Each is 5 km wide and 150 to 250 meters high depending on location

Posted by: john_s Sep 4 2009, 01:25 PM

These are fabulous, Paul! What's the vertical exaggeration?

John

Posted by: DrShank Sep 4 2009, 02:16 PM

QUOTE (john_s @ Sep 4 2009, 08:25 AM)

These are fabulous, Paul! What's the vertical exaggeration?

John

Hmmmm. When I convert to jpeg for the rendering I lose the original values. Itmight be possible to guess based on the true values I posted earlier if some eager young lad wants to try it.
Paul

Posted by: tedstryk Sep 4 2009, 06:58 PM

Very impressive work!

Posted by: DrShank Sep 6 2009, 05:37 PM

QUOTE (tedstryk @ Sep 4 2009, 01:58 PM)

Very impressive work!

thanks Ted!

the stereomoons.blogspot.com site tends to overcompress the movies, so I have posted them to my Facebook site (i cannot shrink them to fit the 1 MB upload limit at UMSF), and one of them to Youtube as an experiment. If anyone knows a better more artistically included video/photo hosting site, I'd love to here about it!
Let me know if you have any difficulties.

cheers

paul

http://www.facebook.com/paul.schenk?ref=profile