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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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Sep 20 2008, 04:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
There are few guarantees in life...
but finding clouds in morning light near [-45S, 193W] on Mars in one of them. More MEX VMC images from July 6, 2008 and July 12, 2008 (impressive display) of sunrise clouds: Both images lightly processed, the July 6 image came from the jpeg from the MEX VMC website, and the July 12, image was downloaded in RAW form, debayered through Gordan's latest tool, then pushed to grayscale, then contrast curve modified, and exposure modified. (All images rotated to fit the July 31st and Aug 31st orientation.) This shows the identification of nearby craters: -Mike (For those of y'all keeping score: this is 4 sets of clouds out of 4 MEX VMC observations at this location.) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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