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Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 2 2007, 08:40 PM

Hereby a request for a higher resolution version of the image in attachment... or the official NASA photo-number

Posted by: Stu Feb 2 2007, 09:03 PM

I remember her name.. Linda Morabito (don't ask me WHY or HOW I remember her name!) and TPS ran a http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=3855&pid=82462&st=0&#entry82462...

Working on finding that photo for ya...

Posted by: infocat13 Feb 3 2007, 12:33 AM

I was a young airman at Norton AFB then, Pasadena Public television ran a many month pre and post encounter briefing everyday of the voyager mission my hats off to them.I wonder if any one kept a record of this?

and of course a young researcher then spotted a funny thing on the two oclock position on an early Io image where is this resercher now I wonder haha

Posted by: elakdawalla Feb 3 2007, 01:59 AM

Her name was Linda Morabito then; she worked for us for many years as Linda Kelly. Not sure where she is now. We almost certainly have a copy of that picture somewhere. Send me an email and I'll connect you to the person who might be able to come up with the picture.

--Emily

Posted by: nprev Feb 3 2007, 02:07 AM

Gotta share an unforgettable memory here. On Feb 26 1979 I was lucky enough to see a total eclipse in central Montana...even luckier, there was a group of JPL scientists nearby with a Celestron 8 SCT (my equivalent of a Corvette at my age then (16)). One of them was Michael Kobrick, who later was the lead radar scientist on Magellan, and unfortunately I can't recall the names of the others. However, they did tell me that V1 was showing some "interesting" things on Io...about a week later, what an understatement THAT turned out to be...

EDIT: BTW, wasn't Linda the first person to spot a plume from Io?

Posted by: mchan Feb 3 2007, 04:06 AM

> wasn't Linda the first person to spot a plume from Io?

Yes. If I recall correctly, she was on the navigation team and spotted the plume from an optical navigation image.

Posted by: dvandorn Feb 3 2007, 04:26 AM

Actually, Linda spotted what she thought was another moon peeking out from behind Io. But, as a crack member of the navigation team, she quickly realized that none of the other moons big enough to make such a large image could possibly be arrayed behind Io. It was then that she decided it had to be a feature on Io's limb itself, which led to the conclusion that it must be a volcanic plume.

-the other Doug

Posted by: Ian R Feb 3 2007, 05:20 PM

She's now called Linda Hyder:

http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm1564170/

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 3 2007, 06:30 PM

Thanks for the replies ( BTW her name stands in the naming of the picture )

The Planetary Society has the complete story:
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/voyager/stories_kelly.html

Posted by: Stu Feb 3 2007, 06:35 PM

Er, either that's the same TPS story I linked to in my first reply to your original post Phil, or there's an echo in here...?

Posted by: ugordan Feb 3 2007, 06:37 PM

Actually, Stu, you linked back to this very thread!

Posted by: Stu Feb 3 2007, 06:40 PM

QUOTE (ugordan @ Feb 3 2007, 06:37 PM)

Actually, Stu, you linked back to this very thread!

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 3 2007, 06:52 PM

O.K. I'm still searching a better resolution of that photo

Posted by: nprev Feb 3 2007, 07:04 PM

Sure doesn't look like there's one available on the Web, Phil; did quite a few searches under her name(s), no luck. Seems like your best bet would be to contact the JPL PR department & see if they have the original pic on file somewhere...given the vintage, the highest-res available would be the original film. I'm sure that they would be more than happy to help you, esp. since you're engaged in a project focused on their achievements; I know from personal experience as a kid that they'll mail great pics to you at the drop of a hat! Here are some contact numbers:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/media_contacts.cfm

Good luck, man!

EDIT: Looks like the person you need to talk to is http://mailto:carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov, 818-354-9382.

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 3 2007, 08:02 PM

Well, NASA stopped sending photos & info in 2001, when almost everything became available on the Internet...
Nowadays NASA works with civilian contractors PhotoLabs to which they send negatives, so You need the official NASA photo-number for a specific image in order to get an 8X10 photo-print
I have already contacted JPL archives but I'm sharing another photo from NASA SP-439:

Posted by: MizarKey Feb 3 2007, 09:03 PM

I didn't find the image yet, but did come across this article: http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/io.html

Did find the PIA number, but not high res...

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00379

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 3 2007, 09:17 PM

Even NIX doesn't come up with an image...
http://nix.nasa.gov/

But there's another image here at page 28:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/jpl101.pdf

Posted by: MizarKey Feb 3 2007, 09:39 PM

Scroll down aways on this page, you missed being able to buy it...

http://apollomissionphotos.com/index_special_voyager.html

At least you have the image number now...P-21306

I also found this > http://www.solarviews.com/cap/jup/ioplumedisc.htm

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 3 2007, 09:43 PM

O.K. but I'm still searching the very first photo of Linda Morabito pointing at her computerscreen, but I guess this might be a non-official NASA photograph maybe something by The Planetary Society...

Posted by: MizarKey Feb 3 2007, 09:44 PM

Oh, I misunderstood...I thought you just wanted the Io image...doh!

Posted by: Tayfun Öner Feb 4 2007, 07:30 AM

It is a photo from National Geographic January 80 issue page 5 credited to Albert Moldvay.

Posted by: Michael Capobianco Feb 4 2007, 06:32 PM

Moldvay, not Moldway.

Michael

Posted by: tedstryk Feb 5 2007, 12:34 PM

QUOTE (MizarKey @ Feb 3 2007, 09:03 PM)

Posted by: PhilCo126 Feb 9 2007, 01:03 PM

I have found the photo of Linda Morabito at JPL-archives ...Thanks again for the replies.
Here's another view I've found online: