The Peter Pan, 360 degree colour panorama |
The Peter Pan, 360 degree colour panorama |
Jun 24 2008, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
I've been struggling all evening, to manipulate the full size version on my poor old computer.
Now it's getting late, so it'll have to wait. In the meantime here is a lower resolution (about 1/4) first draft. I believe that with this done that is full mission success for SSI. Congrats Mark! James -------------------- |
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Jun 25 2008, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
That's probably because these are more distant than say the Pathfinder Twin Peaks.
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Jun 25 2008, 09:31 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
That's probably because these are more distant than say the Pathfinder Twin Peaks. That's quite possible. I really don't know the scale. It will be interesting to see once better quality imaging is down. -------------------- |
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Jun 25 2008, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4247 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I'm not sure about Twin Peaks, but the low hills in tedstryk's post above are about 20 km to the SSW. There's a large crater a similar distance to the SW of the Columbia Hills - this shot shows it:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...M9P2629L6M1.JPG Of course its visibility varies a lot with dust levels. Here's a more recent winter view with clear air: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...00P2264L7M1.JPG |
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Jun 25 2008, 10:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Another draft. I added in the arm work volume mosaic from the first week, unfortunately they don't quite overlap.
Also available at twice the resolution compared to yesterdays (half of full) Enjoy. James -------------------- |
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Jun 26 2008, 03:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Jun 26 2008, 02:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Germany Member No.: 211 |
Many thanks for the great work!
Michael |
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Jun 26 2008, 03:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Amazing works James and other. Really appreciate it .
James : how do you do to take the time to do this pictures? You are really productive this time. -------------------- |
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Jun 29 2008, 05:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Version updated to sol 32, it's already out of date with all the sol 33 images. But at least it's now at full resolution.
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Jun 29 2008, 08:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 3-June 08 From: McLean, VA Member No.: 4177 |
Really nice job! Yah - SOL 33 gives you that steenkeen 2 degrees!
Paul |
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Jun 30 2008, 01:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Awesome work, James! Can't wait to see what the final panorama will look like!
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Jun 30 2008, 03:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Jun 30 2008, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4247 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Or how about as a "don't panic" emoticon? There's something oddly familiar about that polar image... (Or perhaps just something odd about me...)
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Jul 1 2008, 01:16 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 27-June 08 From: Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. Member No.: 4244 |
Great imagery James Canvin & Astro0.
Wonder how they'll compare to the official ones that will be released by NASA? My own thoughts are that the first 360 pans should have been the priority for the first few sols, before unstowing the arm & digging. That arm is quite an intrusion. Can I ask, what software was used & is it expensive? Thank you. Andrew Brown. -------------------- "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.
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Jul 1 2008, 02:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
The arm adds a certain je ne sais quoi for me. In retrospect, maybe the first Spirit panorama should have had the arm outstretched and pointing toward the Columbia Hills a la Babe Ruth, as if to say, "There. That's where we're going".
Happy Canada Day everyone! Brian |
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Jul 1 2008, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Great imagery James Canvin & Astro0. Thanks. My own thoughts are that the first 360 pans should have been the priority for the first few sols, before unstowing the arm & digging. That arm is quite an intrusion. Having the arm moving about is not too much of a problem. They have already retaken a few of the images in the near field when the arm was in the way the first time. Can I ask, what software was used & is it expensive? I use Hugin to stitch the images (free open source ) and usually the GIMP to post-process (touch up saturation/brightness etc, add credits, save as jpg, etc.) (free open source ) However for really big images like full resolution 360 degree pans the GIMP really struggles and I then use Photoshop which can handle these much better. All the matching between frames is done using a program I have written myself from scratch which while has not cost me anything in monetary terms has cost me more time than I even want to think about over the years! James -------------------- |
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