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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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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 ![]() |
Animated GIF showing the September 7, 2008 sunrise clouds of Terra Cimmeria:
(click to animate GIF) This uses both the longest and second longest exposure images (I adjusted the exposure level so they would match up). Interesting to see the two clouds closest to the daylight portion fade out either due to dissipation or lack of sufficient contrast against the brightening background. Also cool how the sun starts lighting up clouds further back as dawn progresses. (Would be neat to see this from the surface, probably really pretty). -Mike [Please ignore the things shooting across the surface from lower right to upper left, those are camera artifacts I wasn't able to totally remove after contrast enhancement.] -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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