Flights over Iapetus and Rhea |
Flights over Iapetus and Rhea |
Aug 7 2010, 06:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
just posted some more videos of icy Saturn moons. One is a small mosaic over the equatorial ridge of Iapetus, the other over Inktomi, the bright ray of Rhea. Also one of Odysseus is now online too!
Flyover movies Visit My Weblog -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Aug 7 2010, 06:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Gasp! Those are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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Aug 8 2010, 12:30 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Amazingly cool. Iapetus just doesn't look right regardless of image or perspective, does it? Thanks, Paul!
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Aug 8 2010, 02:13 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I can't decide which of the two I like better. Very visually impressive stuff in both cases. Nice to see someone else still paying attention to Iapetus
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Aug 14 2010, 01:54 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2250 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Great stuff, especially the one of Iapetus which reminds me a bit of snowy, terrestrial mountains except for the impact craters.
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Aug 20 2010, 08:59 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Sep 3 2010, 01:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
Another great movie released recently on Youtube: flying over Valterne Mons, one of Iapetus's mountains localized east of the "Voyager Mountains".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ovwr-B45A I love this fascinating little world !!!!!! Marc. |
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Sep 3 2010, 09:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
Beautifully rendered - shame about the soundtrack, but very absorbing nonetheless.
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Sep 3 2010, 11:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
i went ahead and posted my version of that section of the Ridge.
http://www.youtube.com/galsat400#p/u/0/o6J69uqPVGY I wish i could get Youtube to upload/display at full resolution but it always seems to degrade them a little bit. cheers p -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Sep 4 2010, 10:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
Really great !! Thank you very much Paul for your amazing work. You really bring these worlds into life !!
I was just wondering, would it be possible to model the whole region from Valterne Mons to the "Voyager Mountains" (Carcassone Montes to follow the official nomenclature) ? This would make an amazing movie !! There are a lot of pictures of this region, taken from several angles, but maybe not with sufficent resolution. BTW, Amazon just informed me that they sent me the "Atlas of the Galilean Satellites". I should get it next week. I can't wait !!!! Thanks again, Marc. |
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Sep 4 2010, 12:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
it would, it would!
there is a gap of about 10 degrees long. between the two movies. it is filled by lower resolution data but it is blurry and oblique. it could be done but require some clever processing to make it look more or less seamless. there is a lso good data to the east, oblique tho. maybe if cassini project would like to fund me to do it . . . . -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Sep 4 2010, 03:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
Your really bring a surplus value to the pictures, so to the mission. Interpretation is quite easier in 3D. I'm convinced that it could also help to better undersand the very complicated pattern of black and white at the transitional zone between Cassini Regio and Roncevaux/Saragossa Terrae just west of the "Voyager Mountains". The Cassini Project should indeed fund you !!!
The ultimate dream would be to get a flight over the whole equator around Iapetus, but this is for another life since we won't get any more close pictures for a long time !! Marc. |
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