New Hrsc Images Up Options

[tedstryk]

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Ex...5K681Y3E_0.html


Pretty cool...no highres stuff though.

[jccwrt]

Thanks for the spot. I can't do anything about the information on the blog at this point, but I will be sure to correct the image and update my location notes. The confusion came from using the raw HRSC images, which are mirror flipped for some reason. I must have flipped it twice without realizing it.


During 2013 and early 2014, MEX was performing a series of Phobos flybys and Deimos imaging sequences. During these flybys the spacecraft acquired up-close images of Phobos with the HRSC Super-Resolution channel, which is a 1024x1024px imager embedded in the HRSC's pushbroom system. The pointing isn't as smooth as HRSC, but using machi's deconvolution method I was able to increase the sharpness of these images greatly.

Here's a Phobos flyby on June 29, 2014 built from 6 SRC frames:


Phobos - Mars Express by Justin Cowart, on Flickr

The system has been used to make a good number of Kodak shots, too.


Phobos, Earth and Moon - Mars Express by Justin Cowart, on Flickr
(For some reason this one was stubbornly resistant to deconvolution, maybe stemming from the low S/N ratio of the original image?)


Phobos and Jupiter - Mars Express by Justin Cowart, on Flickr


Phobos and Saturn - Mars Express by Justin Cowart, on Flickr