Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Sep 13 2013, 02:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
A fantastic collection of new images of the northern lakes has just arrived: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=298704
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Oct 23 2013, 09:22 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I think I had a conversation with somebody about that at DPS -- that there's a new calibration of VIMS data that has changed the apparent relative brightness of the surface in two windows that suddenly make water ice a possibility for that surface. I think. I better go check that with somebody. Is Jason Barnes still hanging around here?
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Oct 23 2013, 10:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 30-August 06 From: Moscow, Idaho Member No.: 1086 |
I think I had a conversation with somebody about that at DPS -- that there's a new calibration of VIMS data that has changed the apparent relative brightness of the surface in two windows that suddenly make water ice a possibility for that surface. I think. I better go check that with somebody. Is Jason Barnes still hanging around here? I've been lurking recently, but I show up every once in a while The greenish stuff is probably more icy than the evaporites, for sure, but isn't pure water ice, even with the 2.7/2.8 micron correction that I talked about at DPS. But it's got SOME ice, while the evaporites have none. Note that the press release was simplified from what I would have written; I don't get to have them be rigorous enough for this crowd always - VIMS Jason |
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Oct 24 2013, 07:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 30-August 06 From: Moscow, Idaho Member No.: 1086 |
The greenish stuff is probably more icy than the evaporites, for sure, but isn't pure water ice, even with the 2.7/2.8 micron correction that I talked about at DPS. Speaking of which, the paper associated with that talk is just now out in ApJ, here's a link to the copy on my website. - VIMS Jason |
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