Opportunity Birthsol!, Celebration of first Oppy martian year |
Opportunity Birthsol!, Celebration of first Oppy martian year |
Dec 11 2005, 06:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Hoping in a fast recovery from arm issues, here a mosaic made with AndreaMosaic software.
Starting image (Oppy shadow inside endurance) was suggested by Malgar... enjoy! PS: Doug, do you want to sent to JPL too? -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 11 2005, 07:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
Wow!
That is awesome Dilo! Only nitpcicking is that holidays is spelled wrong and maybe the effects on the text in general is a bit overdone, at least to my taste. But the mosaic is outstanding!! -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Dec 11 2005, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 13 2005, 03:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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Dec 13 2005, 04:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
New JPL Birthsol Special-Effects Image of Opportunity
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/spe...ts/opportunity/ 12-Dec-2005 Opportunity on an area inside Endurance Crater This synthetic image of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover inside Endurance Crater was produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology. Developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., this technology combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects. The image was created using a photorealistic model of the rover and a false-color mosaic taken on sol 134 (June 9, 2004) by Opportunity's panoramic camera with the 750-, 530- and 430-nanometer filters; see PIA06317. The size of the rover in the image is approximately correct and was based on the size of the rover tracks in the mosaic. Because this synthesis provides viewers with a sense of their own "virtual presence" (as if they were there themselves), such views can be useful to mission teams in planning exploration by enhancing perspective and a sense of scale. Image Note: Rover model by Dan Maas, synthetic image by Zareh Gorjian, Koji Kuramura, Mike Stetson and Eric M. De Jong. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell |
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Dec 13 2005, 04:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 3-August 05 Member No.: 453 |
Thanks for that link Mars Loon; really nice to see Opportunity in the context of all those layered rocks. And I like the dust (e.g. on the HGA) on the virtual Opportunity too.
One thing seems odd to me though - I thought those "blueberries" were rather small (approx a couple of mm across) but on this image they appear much larger - yet I assume that JPL has their relative scales correct...hmm... Airbag |
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Dec 13 2005, 05:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Wonderful BirthSol image!
And the VR image is great, too. I'd suggest two "tweaks", though: the HGA is usually stowed with the dish vertical, the LGA is aluminum-colored. One thing I've noticed is that the blueberry size distribution has become bimodal: there are many blueberries smaller than the previous mean, there are a lot of blueberries larger in size. You recall that the blueberries apparently disappeared form the weathered rock surfaces at the "Four Lane" outcrop. I've not measured anything, this is just an on-the-fly observation. Another couple of puzzle pieces glinting at us on the table... --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 13 2005, 06:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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Dec 14 2005, 11:22 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Wooyay for the Birthday card, it gets more airtime
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/fligh...14-Jones-cc.mov Doug |
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Dec 17 2005, 03:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
More Special effects images just showed up
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/specialE...nity/index.html -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Dec 17 2005, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
I like especially burn cliff image, very realistic!
Here a crop of it, with extended sky and slight color modification (I know official image should be well calibrated, but I don't like the green dominance...). -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 17 2005, 02:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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Dec 17 2005, 03:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 3-August 05 Member No.: 453 |
Hah! Wonder if they read my earlier comment (see post 6 above) about the scale of the rover relative to the blueberries being off in post 5? The new wheel close up looks much more to scale, and yet is shown on the same rocks as the earlier "mini rover".
Airbag |
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Dec 17 2005, 04:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
QUOTE (Airbag @ Dec 17 2005, 03:15 PM) Hah! Wonder if they read my earlier comment (see post 6 above) about the scale of the rover relative to the blueberries being off in post 5? The new wheel close up looks much more to scale, and yet is shown on the same rocks as the earlier "mini rover". Airbag Airbag, yeah I looked at that too. Scale is better, but ... I think its a similar spot, but NOT the same spot |
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Dec 17 2005, 05:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 3-August 05 Member No.: 453 |
QUOTE (mars loon @ Dec 17 2005, 12:58 PM) Airbag, yeah I looked at that too. Scale is better, but ... I think its a similar spot, but NOT the same spot I believe the new image covers just the lower right corner of the original one; all the features match up as far as I can tell. The two images appear to use different field of views, which has led to some distortion of the ground features. Airbag |
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