Glacial, Volcanic And Fluvial Activity On Mars:, latest images |
Glacial, Volcanic And Fluvial Activity On Mars:, latest images |
Feb 25 2005, 04:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
These latest images are really impressive.
And the polar ice/frost looks very real http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMX67D3M5E_index_0.html |
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Feb 25 2005, 07:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: 4-January 05 Member No.: 135 |
Those are fantastic.
I just wish they would release the images a bit quicker.... |
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Mar 17 2005, 06:19 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
more...
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16423 it seems the science from Mars Express is gaining incredible momentum |
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Mar 17 2005, 07:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
What is the scale of vertical exaggeration on these images? I know they used to exaggerate the vertical by a factor of up to 10 on the Viking Orbiter images. It makes them look dramatic but it's also misleading. It would be interesting to see the enhanced and "real" views side by side.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Mar 17 2005, 11:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
QUOTE (ilbasso @ Mar 17 2005, 11:23 AM) It makes them look dramatic but it's also misleading. It would be interesting to see the enhanced and "real" views side by side. I also think it's misleading to generate terrain models using the stereo data, map your color data on top and then render an image from a nice dramatic camera angle. Makes it look like Mars Express is skimming along Mars at 5000 ft..... I know technically it is an image generated from the spacecraft data, just as the 3D views of Venus from Magellan were "real" images as well. But it seems that ESA buries the fact that these awesome perspective views aren't the actual HRSC images but computer renders based on its data deep within press releases. I guess it takes to much explaining for the average person to understand the process and certainly doesn't sound as romantic! But I think it misses out on an opportunity to educate the public in exchange for "special effects." Back in the day, we had to take our perspective images the old fashioned way: from orbit or flyby by pointing the cameras highly oblique at the target. It was tough and lo res and we liked it like that!!!!! These kids today don't know how lucky they are with their "pushbroom scanners" and "wait until it comes around again next orbit" stuff - Mariner 9 views Olympus Mons Viking Orbiter 1 image of Olympus Mons JPL-P-17444 Viking 1 Photomosaic Olympus Mons But hey - I am nitpicking! They do look mahvelous! -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Mar 18 2005, 01:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 31-January 05 From: Brittany (France) Member No.: 164 |
Nice "illustrated heritage", Lyford. Though an adverse effect is a kind of 'i'm an old fossil' feeling, remembering these spacecraft images...! The wheel
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Mar 18 2005, 09:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Germany Member No.: 211 |
QUOTE (ilbasso @ Mar 17 2005, 07:23 PM) What is the scale of vertical exaggeration on these images? The vertical exaggeration is ~30x. That is what the caption to that image says in the Nature article. The article is freely available and also some others on the 'frozen sea' and young glaciation and a flank caldera at Hecates Tholus: http://www.nature.com/nature/links/050317/050317-3.html This is my first post on this board What a phantastic place! It's just great to read all these current news, especially on the Spirit and Oppy Thanks all! |
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