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Virtual Viking, Images and animations of the Viking landing sites
Phil Stooke
post Sep 4 2008, 02:29 PM
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In the past we've had some good Viking images here. Soon - all too soon - we will not have Phoenix any more, but despair not! Now we can re-live Viking by playing with old images. They can be searched by sol at the PDS.

As an example, I've made a composite of the very last Surface Sampler activities at either Viking site. This is work done on Viking 2 sol 957 and imaged on sol 957 and 959. (someone can animate it if they like!)

We see two separate trenching activities at the same place, and a soil dump (bottom) and a conical soil pile made by the second dump (middle). (more obvious in an animation, I just can't make one on this machine).

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Phil Stooke
post Apr 21 2009, 02:23 PM
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The Viking 1 site mapped in a new way... This is the polar projection of the landing site, which I posted some time ago, reprojected to HiRISE geometry. In this comparison, HiRISE is at the top and the reprojected Viking pan is below it. Mapping from ground-level images is very difficult, and grotesque distortions are inevitable, but this is the best I can do after several weeks and far too many iterations. The original is detailed enough to make a full photomap of the sampling area, and in that area the mosaic is controlled to fit the original mission map.

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- Phil Stooke   Virtual Viking   Sep 4 2008, 02:29 PM
- - imipak   Attempt at an animation - not terribly good I...   Sep 4 2008, 06:47 PM
- - PhilCo126   Great idea Phil... that will bring back some child...   Sep 5 2008, 11:15 AM
- - Phil Stooke   This is a set of four images documenting that last...   Sep 5 2008, 01:13 PM
|- - tedstryk   Ricardo Nunes and I worked together on some images...   Sep 5 2008, 10:27 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's a bit more Virtual Viking - reliving th...   Oct 13 2008, 07:21 PM
- - Phil Stooke   ... and here's the left side of the Viking 1 w...   Oct 13 2008, 08:23 PM
- - lyford   Thanks Phil these are quite nice....   Oct 13 2008, 11:40 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I have just edited post 4 above - and replaced its...   Oct 14 2008, 03:08 AM
- - Phil Stooke   ... and the left side... Phil   Oct 14 2008, 03:10 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's another digging sequence from Viking 2....   Oct 14 2008, 03:59 AM
- - PhilCo126   Nice work, reading " A Passion for Mars ...   Nov 15 2008, 02:41 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's a pic from Viking: It's the full...   Nov 18 2008, 01:30 AM
|- - tedstryk   Wow...I don't think I have ever seen those tog...   Nov 18 2008, 03:56 AM
- - PhilCo126   The goldmine(s) for Viking Lander images: Lander ...   Nov 22 2008, 02:19 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Nov 22 2008, 02:19 PM)...   Nov 23 2008, 03:07 AM
- - PhilCo126   Does one need a password to access the Planetary D...   Nov 23 2008, 12:56 PM
- - djellison   No. http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/geo/vl1_v......   Nov 23 2008, 05:08 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I prefer this source, from which images can be sel...   Nov 23 2008, 05:16 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The Viking 1 site mapped in a new way... This is ...   Apr 21 2009, 02:23 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I'm still perfecting that reprojected Viking 1...   May 11 2009, 07:30 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Another of the things we can do so much better now...   May 23 2009, 03:46 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's the Viking 2 mosaic underneath Engine 2...   May 23 2009, 10:59 PM
- - lyford   Those are truly special, Phil!   May 24 2009, 01:30 AM
- - nprev   They are indeed! I'm gonna start saving...   May 24 2009, 01:54 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I have edited my post above with the Viking 1 mirr...   May 26 2009, 01:58 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Another bit of Viking history now we are all think...   May 28 2009, 09:07 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 28 2009, 10:07 P...   May 29 2009, 10:19 AM
- - nprev   Fascinating (not a word I use lightly), Phil; did ...   May 29 2009, 12:23 AM
- - Phil Stooke   There's a lot of good stuff in those committee...   May 29 2009, 01:16 AM
- - Phil Stooke   A good panorama for Viking 2 is hard to find. I h...   Jun 16 2009, 06:37 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 16 2009, 06:37 P...   Jul 13 2009, 09:30 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (scalbers @ Jul 13 2009, 09:30 PM) ...   Nov 15 2009, 09:17 PM
- - nprev   Everytime I look at the Viking sites I still marve...   Jun 16 2009, 07:41 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The tilt was already corrected for in the assemble...   Jun 16 2009, 08:22 PM
- - Stu   Gorgeous pic Phil, great work as usual. I could - ...   Jun 16 2009, 09:49 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's the Viking 2 pan wrapped into a circle ...   Jun 17 2009, 03:26 PM
- - mhoward   Awesome job on both.   Jun 17 2009, 04:10 PM
|- - tedstryk   Amazing!   Jun 26 2009, 03:08 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Thanks! I am doing some improvements to the p...   Jun 27 2009, 12:40 AM
- - SpaceListener   Unique scenary. Surface is very rocky. That leads ...   Jun 27 2009, 05:08 AM
- - vikingmars   As a tribute to Phil's gorgeous work, here is ...   Jun 29 2009, 09:02 PM
- - vikingmars   ...and now for VL1 (especially made to show to the...   Jun 29 2009, 09:16 PM
- - nprev   Those were AWESOME, VM, thanks!!! Nev...   Jun 30 2009, 02:25 AM
- - SpaceListener   Spectaculars pictures. The VL2 landing is terrific...   Jun 30 2009, 02:58 AM
- - climber   Merci Olivier... the quality of the panos is absol...   Jun 30 2009, 09:26 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Speaking of Viking... next week I'm at Brown U...   Jul 1 2009, 03:46 AM
- - nprev   Ooo...gotta be some good stuff in there, Phil, hap...   Jul 1 2009, 05:01 AM
- - Phil Stooke   OK, back from Providence with lots of goodies. Np...   Jul 13 2009, 08:38 PM
- - nprev   Welcome back, and thanks for checking that out, Ph...   Jul 13 2009, 11:48 PM
- - Phil Stooke   My current plan is to submit the manuscript at the...   Jul 14 2009, 12:12 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's a little goodie from my visit to Brown ...   Aug 10 2009, 01:14 AM
- - machi   Viking 2 lander site in years 1976 and 1978.   Nov 9 2009, 05:23 PM
- - machi   "High speed" panorama from Viking 1. Its...   Nov 9 2009, 05:40 PM
- - machi   Morning on Mars from Viking 2 lander. First image ...   Nov 10 2009, 03:31 PM
- - scalbers   ...and the same for camera 2. As a reminder I h...   Nov 15 2009, 09:29 PM
- - Stu   scalbers, Machi - just fantastic work, guys, genui...   Nov 15 2009, 11:19 PM
- - scalbers   Stu - one "modern" thing I've long ...   Nov 16 2009, 01:09 AM
|- - 4th rock from the sun   QUOTE (scalbers @ Nov 16 2009, 02:09 AM) ...   Nov 16 2009, 10:51 AM
- - Phil Stooke   All these ideas are very good - and exactly what I...   Nov 16 2009, 03:54 AM
- - scalbers   Yes I can appreciate the hi-res color mosaics migh...   Nov 21 2009, 02:41 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying to f...   Jan 21 2010, 06:34 PM
- - elakdawalla   Sorting the CUMINDEX.TAB file for Viking Orbiter o...   Jan 21 2010, 06:38 PM
- - Phil Stooke   That was quick! Thanks very much. Yes, very ...   Jan 21 2010, 07:00 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Just to follow up, that number may not include som...   Jan 21 2010, 07:07 PM
- - elakdawalla   It includes the following: 547 VO1 images targeted...   Jan 21 2010, 07:36 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Thanks again! Phil   Jan 21 2010, 07:51 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This is an image that, as far as I know, has never...   Jan 28 2010, 06:21 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 28 2010, 07:21 P...   Jan 30 2010, 12:05 AM
- - lyford   Very cool - I have been transported in time AND sp...   Jan 28 2010, 07:37 PM
- - vikingmars   ...And by the way, phil : you did a GREAT work ...   Jan 30 2010, 12:07 AM
- - JohnVV   i would say that the temp sencer is this ( in red ...   Jan 30 2010, 09:03 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here is the comparable mosaic of images of the foo...   Jun 1 2010, 03:51 PM
- - Vanden   Hello, Thank you all, especially those that proce...   Dec 11 2010, 04:18 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Vanden @ Dec 11 2010, 08:18 AM) no...   Dec 11 2010, 04:25 PM
|- - Vanden   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 11 2010, 05:25 P...   Dec 11 2010, 04:35 PM
|- - Vanden   And here a portion of the assembly :   Dec 13 2010, 01:09 AM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Vanden @ Dec 13 2010, 01:09 AM) An...   Jan 15 2011, 11:45 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Vanden @ Dec 13 2010, 02:09 AM) An...   Jan 17 2011, 05:21 AM
- - nprev   Beautiful. Thanks! Always love looking at Big...   Dec 13 2010, 01:14 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Not his cap but the drift at his base! Phil   Dec 13 2010, 03:42 AM
- - nprev   Was it? I always thought that a piece of the cap f...   Dec 13 2010, 04:13 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The only visible change was at the base, no change...   Dec 13 2010, 05:01 AM
- - nprev   Oh, I believe you, man; love to see the pics! ...   Dec 13 2010, 06:17 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 12 2010, 10:17 PM) (ac...   Dec 13 2010, 08:08 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Viking 1 saw a second similar change later, as wel...   Dec 13 2010, 12:13 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here are the two Viking 1 changes with a little bi...   Dec 13 2010, 02:43 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I should add that the Viking Lander imagery is rip...   Dec 13 2010, 08:42 PM
- - nprev   Awesome. I forgot all about the Whale slump. Than...   Dec 14 2010, 01:49 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's another comparison image showing change...   Jan 13 2011, 06:03 PM
- - Stu   That's fascinating Phil, thanks. I honestly wa...   Jan 13 2011, 06:22 PM
- - vikingmars   ...And another one, done using the same techniques...   Jan 17 2011, 08:49 PM
- - eoincampbell   Tremendous, I really dig that last one... ... th...   Jan 18 2011, 01:43 AM
- - Vanden   Thank you for these images and explanations. I lik...   Feb 23 2011, 12:10 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Vanden @ Feb 23 2011, 01:10 AM) .....   Feb 26 2011, 09:25 PM
- - Oersted   Wauw! to that complete panorama, new desktop...   Feb 23 2011, 09:35 AM
- - machi   Finally full size, high-res, color panorama from V...   Feb 23 2011, 11:15 AM
- - Phil Stooke   A little experiment. This is a super-resolution c...   Jul 7 2011, 05:55 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Wow. That is sharp.   Jul 7 2011, 06:28 PM
- - vikingmars   When I processed and built the Curiosity dusk pano...   Feb 23 2013, 09:09 PM
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