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Aug 22 2008, 01:58 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I heard about this 24 hours ago, and couldn't believe it - this is EXACTLY what has been missing from ESA. MASSIVE kudos to the ESOC MEX flight ops team for doing it
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/VMC/index.html The last time I wrote a post and hit 'submit' at UMSF with a smile this big on my face, was when Oppy successfully got out of Purgatory. |
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Aug 22 2008, 04:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Aug 22 2008, 04:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I'm gonna give it a go at writing an app for automatically converting the raw files into RGB. Doug, have you figured out what the exact Bayer matrix looks like, starting from top left - I'd rather not try reinventing the wheel?
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I have it figured out. -------------------- |
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Aug 22 2008, 04:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Even better, it looks like they'd like submissions of your best images!
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/VMC/SEMANKXIPIF_0.html BTW, here is the syntax for the filenames of the individual jpeg images: QUOTE YY_DOY_hh_mm_ss_image-sequence-number.extension For example: 08_213_14_25_16_vmc_img_no_8.jpg was: * Taken in 2008 * On Day of the Year 213 (31 July) * At 14:25:16 (hr:min:sec) UTC * And is the eighth image taken in a series Go ESA! [Could they please do this for Venus too?] -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 22 2008, 06:45 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4405 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
[Could they please do this for Venus too?] http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...mp;#entry124259 -------------------- |
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Aug 22 2008, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Nice catch, Tman! Looks like clouds to me, rotating into view over the terminator. Judging by the timestamps this would make the original imagery upside-down. Here's an animated gif (click to enlarge):
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