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Mariner 6 and 7 Mosaics
tedstryk
post Aug 4 2008, 08:56 PM
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Mariner 6 Mosaics.

I have reprocessed the mosaics from Mariner-6. I reconstructed the frames based on both the analog and the digital transmissions of the image. The analog images were filtered to enhance the visibility of topography, wiping out brightness information. The digital images were in 7-bit form and only a fraction of the pixels were transmitted, but they contain proper brightness information. A set of images combining the two was constructed at the time, but there is definitely some loss of detail. Working in 16 bit, I can do a better job. I also worked to remove after-images. Another problem is that the wide angle camera that took these mosaics cycled through filters but did not take the images on top of each other for color combination. Rather, the filters were simply included to test the photographic properties for color studies on future missions (although Mariner-7 did some color work). As a result, I had to modify the mosaics so that the frames would cosmetically match.

Far encounter (last two frames).

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Mosaic 1

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Mosaic 2 and 3. These overlapped. Also, there was a small gore between the two mosaics. I filled it in with Mariner 7 near encounter data.

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Narrow angle. Narrow angle frames 6 and 14 happened to slightly overlap, allowing the one narrow angle mosaic to be made.

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I am now working on Mariner 7 mosaics. There are more Mariner 7 images, and due to some issues with the digital versions of them, they are proving quite difficult. I hope to post them soon.
I also hope to further clean up the Mariner 6 frames and mosaics.


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Unfortunately, it is in one of the worst frames, but still, wow! Good find Phil!


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post Feb 14 2012, 01:58 AM
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This isn't exactly a mosaic, but I have been working with the Mariner 7 far encounter data again. You can read about it here. This is the best result I've gotten so far.

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post Feb 15 2012, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 14 2012, 02:58 AM) *
This isn't exactly a mosaic, but I have been working with the Mariner 7 far encounter data again. You can read about it here. This is the best result I've gotten so far.

...and this is also the "romantic" mysterious red planet of the 60's, we were all dreaming about when we were young. Beautiful ! Thanks a lot Tedstryk smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif
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- tedstryk   Mariner 6 and 7 Mosaics   Aug 4 2008, 08:56 PM
- - nprev   Very nice indeed, Ted!!! Makes me won...   Aug 4 2008, 09:45 PM
|- - tedstryk   A lot of the terrain was referred to as "chao...   Aug 5 2008, 04:18 AM
- - dvandorn   Most of what was named "chaotic terrain...   Aug 5 2008, 04:51 AM
|- - tedstryk   Some were from sapping, but other "chaotic...   Aug 5 2008, 06:05 PM
|- - tedstryk   Here are the first mosaics. There is no mosaic 2 ...   Aug 8 2008, 07:16 PM
- - Phil Stooke   As usual, fantastic work, Ted. The Mariner 6 ...   Aug 8 2008, 09:42 PM
|- - tedstryk   I replaced it with a better 8-bit conversion. I a...   Aug 8 2008, 09:54 PM
|- - PaulM   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 8 2008, 10:42 PM...   Sep 19 2008, 08:30 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Sorry! I forgot. Here is an excerpt from Ted...   Sep 19 2008, 09:19 PM
|- - PaulM   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 19 2008, 10:19 P...   Sep 19 2008, 09:29 PM
- - elakdawalla   Oh, my. That one went straight to the blog. --Em...   Sep 19 2008, 10:20 PM
|- - tedstryk   Unfortunately, it is in one of the worst frames, b...   Sep 19 2008, 10:49 PM
|- - tedstryk   This isn't exactly a mosaic, but I have been w...   Feb 14 2012, 01:58 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 14 2012, 02:58 AM) ...   Feb 15 2012, 03:16 PM
- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Aug 4 2008, 01:56 PM) T...   Sep 4 2013, 03:33 AM
|- - tedstryk   For the color approach sequence, there was no anal...   Sep 4 2013, 09:42 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Sep 4 2013, 02:42 AM) F...   Sep 4 2013, 04:11 PM
- - Brian Swift   While looking into Mariner 6/7 image processing to...   Aug 26 2022, 11:50 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This is a good opportunity to post this - the sum ...   Sep 9 2022, 10:55 PM
- - Antdoghalo   This is neat! Do you by chance have a cylindri...   Sep 11 2022, 03:42 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I don't have a version with the near encounter...   Sep 11 2022, 07:10 AM
|- - Antdoghalo   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 11 2022, 02:10 A...   Jan 8 2023, 03:38 PM
- - Antdoghalo   Do you plan to make a combination of Mariner 4, 6 ...   Oct 22 2022, 01:53 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The composite was made in the azimuthal projection...   Oct 23 2022, 07:08 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I will find those flies. Phil   Jan 9 2023, 05:28 PM
- - Antdoghalo   Did you ever find the gridless near and far encoun...   Jan 31 2023, 10:51 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes. Here they are. Mariners 4, 6 and 7 combined...   Feb 3 2023, 06:19 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 3 2023, 07:19 PM...   Feb 4 2023, 06:55 AM
- - Antdoghalo   I managed to reproject these and with slight touch...   Feb 9 2023, 02:48 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Very nice! On my originals and on this projec...   Feb 10 2023, 12:00 AM
- - Antdoghalo   For the far encounter, I noticed you used only Mar...   Feb 10 2023, 11:01 PM


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