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MEX VMC - Back on, and online! |
Jun 5 2010, 03:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Haha! Very nice!
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Aug 12 2010, 03:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Emily posted a nice animated sequence of August 8th's MEX-VMC images of the Martian North Pole: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002618/
Me likee polar cap shots. Here is an image comparison between an image from the August 8, 2010 MEX-VMC set and an earlier image of the North pole taken on May 27, 2010. Cropped and coordinated for comparison: (Changes are evident, especially near Chasma Boreale) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 13 2010, 03:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
I couldn't resist...I tried to estimate areal coverage change of ice....
So, ignoring things like lighting direction, phase angle, and perspective differences, I used the magic wand and a series of Photoshop semi-manual selections/deselections to make a very subjective estimate of what is ice covered and what isn't inside a defined region (red border). Results below: First line shows original MEX-VMC image, second line shows the ice coverage "mask" inside the defined region, third line shows the defined region, and the mask. The ice coverage inside the region changed from 53% to 65% in just a little over 2 months. This is a 25% increase in areal extent of ice (non-projection corrected). -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Sep 8 2010, 06:01 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Hooray for the VMC team being recognized by Europlanet!!
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Sep 8 2010, 06:07 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I was gutted when they didn't win the main prize, but I'm very very glad to see them get the recognition they deserve
Love these words from the steering committee QUOTE “The judges recognise that making data from space missions accessible to the public at the earliest opportunity is an action that NASA has shown to be a very effective way in engaging the public with their missions and something that Europe needs to adopt. The OSC sees your team work to use VMC to give a "Live" window on Mars as a much needed initiative. The OSC hopes that the mention in 2010 will encourage ESA and other space agencies to follow this example more widely and consider the use of raw images for outreach purposes from the planning stages of missions!
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Sep 8 2010, 06:28 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
"The OSC hopes that the mention in 2010 will encourage ESA and other space agencies to follow this example more widely and consider the use of raw images for outreach purposes from the planning stages of missions!"
Wow... I'm sure we all hope that too... Well done all the VMC team, great Outreach work! -------------------- |
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Nov 9 2010, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
A really nice low-phase angle lower elevation pass over Mars just got posted on the MEX-VMC website:
http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/6/1283 (Scrolling the view up and down with your mouse wheel gives a pretty cool effect!) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Nov 14 2010, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Two large clouds just downwind of Alba Mons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/5174953020/
Raw images here: http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/6/1286 -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 3 2011, 03:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Article describing Mars Express VMC camera and lotsa shout-outs to UMSF members and the amateur community in general!
T. Ormston, M. Denis, D. Scuka, and H. Griebel, Acta Astronautica Volume 69, Issues 7-8, September-October 2011, 703-713. "An ordinary camera in an extraordinary location: Outreach with the Mars Webcam". doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.04.015. (Pay-for article: abstract available here) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Oct 21 2011, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Science!
Scientific use of the MEX-VMC instrument to help put CO2 clouds in context! Check out: Schulster et al., EPSC 6 (2011), Abstract EPSC-DPS2011-706-1. "Support to the CO2 Cloud Observations by Mars Express with the VMC Visual Monitoring Camera" freely available here. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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May 16 2012, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
MEX-VMC coming back online! Here is the first test image since it went down last fall.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/esa_events/72.../in/photostream -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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May 16 2012, 10:57 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Awesome news!
I have to ask: how did you notice the posting of that image? It wasn't mentioned on the ESA VMC blog. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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May 16 2012, 11:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Facebook. (It has its utility).
-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Mar 29 2014, 09:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
Phobos from the VMC: http://blogs.esa.int/vmc/ (note: direct link to http://blogs.esa.int/vmc/2014/03/28/mars-w...m-spots-phobos/ does not seem to work at this time)
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Jul 29 2014, 10:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 |
VMC photographed Earth earlier this month.
http://blogs.esa.int/vmc/2014/07/27/earth-...rs-we-are-here/ |
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