MARDI images and videos |
MARDI images and videos |
Aug 6 2012, 07:35 AM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
Do we know what Image data Curiosity will be attempting to upload on the next flyover pass? More hazcams only, or do weexpect to have the mast up and taking pics and ready to send? in 1 or 2 days? -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Aug 6 2012, 07:45 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 14-July 06 Member No.: 972 |
There is a low bandwidth ODY pass that will happen in about 10 minutes that may have a couple new HazCams. Does anyone know when the first MARDI images are expected to be downlinked? I saw that 18 had been assigned a (relatively) high priority, but the JPL Ustream was just saying that the current pass would have only a HazCam or two.
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Aug 30 2012, 03:55 AM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
Thanks Mike,
I was actually referring to the speed of the dimming cycles shown in the video, they appear much faster due to missing frames. I am also curious whether the flash from the descent stage explosion can be detected as it might have lit up the dust clouds momentarily (once we get all the frames of course)? |
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Aug 30 2012, 04:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: 7-August 12 From: Garberville, CA Member No.: 6500 |
I am also curious whether the flash from the descent stage explosion can be detected... To my eye, there appears to be a sudden spike in brightness around frame 699, some 20 seconds after landing, followed by a darkening that could be interpreted as the resulting plume darkening the sun a bit. There's clearly an interesting pattern to the lightening and dimming of the sun ray seen on the ground for some time after the landing that I explored a bit in this post (with video). The best way to explore the issue until the full set of hi-res MARDI's are down is the complete set of thumbnails. More observed details are in the referenced post. Two posts later in the same thread user "markril" brings up another interesting observation as well, that of the apparent misalignment of the Hazcam imaged plume after landing compared with the actual azimuth of the DS impact. I've looked at the issue with some careful mapping and imagery and the location of this plume is clearly several degrees to the south of the DS impact azimuth and occurs at some 40 seconds after touchdown (Mardi frame 771). That along with the with slight light spike at frame 699 could indicate that DS hit initially at 20 seconds or so, and at least one subsequent event from the break-up, over to the left hand debris vector, was what Hazcm may have caught. Either that, or there was considerable wind from the north, etc... I've got some additional observations put together for an deeper exploration of the issue but haven't had time to post anything comprehensive yet. In any case, it seems an interesting forensic excercise to explore. -------------------- "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
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Aug 30 2012, 02:15 PM
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