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Viking Lander 1 detailed w/MRO, Results of imaging process VL1 detailed with MRO
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post Aug 25 2007, 09:43 PM
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smile.gif Thanks to the MRO the Viking Lander 1 site has been viewed twice already at nerly the same Mars local time :
- PSP_001521_2025_RED.jp2 taken on 11 November 2006 (w/30.3 cm/pixel resolution) at 3:20 PM ;
- PSP_001719_2025_RED.JP2 taken on 12 december 2006 (w/28.8 cm/pixel resolution) at 3:27 PM.

So I decided to pixel overlap the 2 pictures retrieved from the LPL site at their maximum resolution (as "full JPEG 2000" images), knowing that each individual pixel from those 2 images would not cover exactly the same area on Mars.
The goal was :
1. to gain some resolution over individual pictures ;
2. to assess the reality of some features as seen from orbit ;
3. to determine is some individual Lander components could be seen ;
4. to see an "average" site free from bad pixel and false features.

After a painstaking process, here are the results on the 4 goals :
1. resolution gained : ==> not obvious on overlap image ;
2. reality of some features : ==> real features are seen on overlap image ;
3. Lander components : ==> some individual components discriminated ;
4. "average" site free from bad pixel and false features ==> goal attained.

About the lander itself : the shadow seen for its high-gain antenna mast and for its antenna itself is narrow. This implies that the disk-shaped antenna was not facing the sun when the images were taken, meaning that the high-gain antenna is pointing either towards the north or towards the south.

The same overlap processings were also applied to the area where the backshell touched down the surface with its parachute ==> An overlap image is seen also.

About the landing site itself around Lander 1 with its features, please refer to the explanations given it the previous post :
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&p=79379

Enjoy ! smile.gif
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- vikingmars   Viking Lander 1 detailed w/MRO   Aug 25 2007, 09:43 PM
- - vikingmars   (following images)   Aug 25 2007, 09:45 PM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Aug 25 2007, 04:45 PM...   Aug 26 2007, 04:34 AM
- - climber   Thanks to share this high quality work with us Oli...   Aug 25 2007, 10:20 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (climber @ Aug 26 2007, 12:20 AM) T...   Aug 25 2007, 10:55 PM
- - Decepticon   I hope we can add to this in the future again!   Aug 25 2007, 10:23 PM
- - Gsnorgathon   The Viking lander's three legs form a nice tri...   Aug 26 2007, 06:32 AM
- - vikingmars   Here is a simulation done with my VL1 model to hel...   Aug 26 2007, 08:18 AM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Aug 26 2007, 03:18 AM...   Aug 28 2007, 02:04 AM
- - climber   Hello Olivier! Thanks for the answer. I guess ...   Aug 26 2007, 08:56 AM
- - nprev   VM, that is sweet... ...hadn't seen your mo...   Aug 26 2007, 02:10 PM
- - vikingmars   Dear Nprev, Thanks ! As you see, this model se...   Aug 26 2007, 03:07 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Olivier, did you make a Viking 2 site model? Viki...   Aug 29 2007, 12:33 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 29 2007, 02:33 A...   Aug 29 2007, 07:47 AM
- - vikingmars   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Aug 25 2007, 11:43 PM...   Apr 2 2008, 07:51 PM
|- - JRehling   This is a great image! Historic, even. I think...   Apr 2 2008, 08:05 PM
||- - vikingmars   QUOTE (JRehling @ Apr 2 2008, 10:05 PM) T...   Apr 3 2008, 06:57 PM
||- - dilo   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Apr 3 2008, 07:57 PM)...   Apr 4 2008, 07:42 PM
||- - ustrax   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 4 2008, 08:42 PM) I mad...   Apr 4 2008, 08:58 PM
|||- - Sunspot   QUOTE (ustrax @ Apr 4 2008, 09:58 PM) Loo...   Apr 4 2008, 09:38 PM
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|||- - djellison   QUOTE (ustrax @ Apr 4 2008, 09:58 PM) Dou...   Apr 4 2008, 10:32 PM
|||- - ustrax   THANK you Doug! I'm really excited abou...   Apr 4 2008, 11:52 PM
|||- - Stu   QUOTE (ustrax @ Apr 5 2008, 12:52 AM) I...   Apr 5 2008, 07:26 AM
|||- - imipak   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 5 2008, 07:26 AM) Hmmm, ...   Apr 5 2008, 11:38 AM
||- - vikingmars   QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 4 2008, 09:42 PM) Great...   Apr 6 2008, 08:28 PM
|- - ustrax   This is truly a keeper Olivier! Fantastic w...   Apr 4 2008, 01:17 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (ustrax @ Apr 4 2008, 03:17 PM) VL1...   Apr 4 2008, 01:32 PM
|- - JRehling   Well, the rust-proofing was an extra million dolla...   Apr 4 2008, 06:34 PM
- - nprev   ...you're in for a treat, Rui. I'm so old ...   Apr 5 2008, 02:21 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 4 2008, 06:21 PM) In s...   Apr 5 2008, 02:54 AM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 5 2008, 02:21 AM) Of c...   Apr 5 2008, 11:22 AM
- - Sunspot   But technical problems with some channels in the c...   Apr 5 2008, 06:03 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 5 2008, 07:03 AM) t ...   Apr 5 2008, 08:26 AM
- - edstrick   "...I'm really excited about it...this is...   Apr 5 2008, 09:54 AM
- - Stu   I have to say that even though I was watching the ...   Apr 5 2008, 09:59 AM
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