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Posted by: djellison Apr 26 2004, 07:52 PM

Much better than Opp's backshell and chute came out imho

Doug

Posted by: djellison Apr 26 2004, 09:46 PM

I got an email back from Dr Parker saying he thought it was very nice!!!

It's like having a pop star say you've got a nice voice!!!!

Doug

Posted by: Baltic Apr 26 2004, 10:06 PM

Posted by: LunarFlare Apr 28 2004, 04:08 AM

Excellent job Doug!

Posted by: djellison Oct 5 2004, 06:52 PM

Low and behold - the joys of raw imagery...



No comparison. This is SUCH good stuff to play with !!!

Doug

Posted by: djellison Oct 5 2004, 07:58 PM

And here it is 18 months ago


http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=19695



http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=19690

Posted by: Sunspot Oct 5 2004, 09:12 PM

WOW- Great stuff. Where do you think the bluish colour comes from?

I was hoping we would get to see Opporunity's heatshield - but it doesn't look like they're in any hurry to leave Endurance crater any time soon.

Posted by: djellison Oct 6 2004, 07:35 AM

Dont be so sure - they're taking lots of what I would classify as planning imagery for an exit route

Give them a week.

Doug

Posted by: Pando Oct 8 2004, 12:29 AM

Here:



At first I was like "are they f@#$% nuts?!" but hey, they seem to know what they're doing...

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/images.cfm?id=1308

Posted by: remcook Oct 9 2004, 06:17 PM

i love the sight of that arrow heading straight for the heatshield
i've been on holiday the last month or so. so can anyone tell me what oppy is going to do next? heatshield first? I got that they are going to that huge Victoria crater. but between that?

Posted by: tedstryk May 17 2006, 06:55 PM

I have been working on the heat shield imagery for some time. Here is where I am at this point.

Posted by: tasp May 17 2006, 08:12 PM

Have I seen your work on AMW?

Seriously, amazing high quality work!

Posted by: djellison May 17 2006, 08:16 PM

Good effort Ted - I think it compares favorably with Jim'n'Co...

http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_instrument/superres.html

Doug

Posted by: Bob Shaw May 17 2006, 08:36 PM

QUOTE (djellison @ May 17 2006, 09:16 PM)

Posted by: Phil Stooke May 17 2006, 08:42 PM

Amazingly good, Ted - that is so impressive! Keep it up.

Phil

Posted by: tedstryk May 17 2006, 09:13 PM

Thanks for the kind words. Here are the shield images closeup, from the Cornell version on the left and my version on the right, taken from earlier on in processing, before I began working to compensate for the brightness of the shield in relation to the martian surface and make cosmetic alterations.