Phoenix Mosaic: Cover for Aviation Week 9 Jun 2008, Pay Dirt: Phoenix Hits its Icy Target |
Phoenix Mosaic: Cover for Aviation Week 9 Jun 2008, Pay Dirt: Phoenix Hits its Icy Target |
Jun 9 2008, 02:06 AM
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Phoenix Mosaic: 9 Jun 2008 Cover for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine
Pay Dirt: Phoenix Hits its Icy Target For this thrilling and superb science mission to the Martian arctic, we (mars loon and dilo) are pleased and humbled to present a simple false color mosaic we constructed of a Phoenix footpad and the "snow queen" feature uncovered during landing. The mosaic is featured as part of the Phoenix cover package for the new 9 June 2008 issue of AWST magazine Find the cover and article segment at the AWST website here: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/ http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/sto...20Polar%20Plain Phoenix Imagery Reveals North Polar Plain By Craig Covault The Phoenix lander sits near the North Pole of Mars directly on top of exposed water ice that it was prepared to dig for weeks to find. The mission goal is to unravel the mysteries of what may be preserved inside the ice and surrounding soil. .... ----- Our tribute to honor the fantastic efforts of the brilliant Phoenix Team ! led by Scientific Principal Investigator Peter Smith at the University of Arizona Here is the cover and mosaic: Ken Kremer and Marco Di Lorenzo using robotic arm camera imagery from NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Great It's always a pleasure to se members of UMSF congrats like this .
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Jun 9 2008, 03:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Thanks all for kind comments!
Frankly, when I received the mosaic from Ken and sent it back after some processing, it was only a raw image for preview and I planned to make a better version. However, Ken and Craig liked immediately the result and I was too busy to work on, so this became the definitive version. Indeed, it seems is not so bad, based on reactions! So thanks to Ken for his usual strong effort in terms of initial work and coordination/PR, and obviously thanks to Phoenix team! PS: Ant103, your avatar is genial (at the beginning I thought it was a visualization bug!) -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 12 2008, 07:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Thanks all for kind comments! Frankly, when I received the mosaic from Ken and sent it back after some processing, it was only a raw image for preview and I planned to make a better version. Right, an artist shouldn't stress oneself out. His goal should be to deliver his best to the world Anyway congrats for your publication! -------------------- |
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Jun 12 2008, 03:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Right, an artist shouldn't stress oneself out. His goal should be to deliver his best to the world True.. ironically, starting from today I'm a lot less busy (almost vacation) so now I could dedicate more time to this refinement... Thanks for encouraging words, guys! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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