The Peter Pan, 360 degree colour panorama Options

[3488]

Crop & 3 x enlargement of hills at Azm 278 deg Sol 44.

Is that a small impact crater at the bottom just right of centre at the bottom of this crop?


Also, are they boulders on the hills, if so there are more larger pieces on the hills than on the tundra plains that Phoenix is situated on.

Does anyone know what these hills are? I assume crater rims?

Colour crop of same hills from Ant103 superb colour image. There is a huge amount of talent on UMSF.


Andrew Brown.

[fredk]

Does anyone know what these hills are? I assume crater rims?

Phil Stooke identified them as feature "C" in the maps in this post. It looks like a crater from orbit.

[jamescanvin]

Still got quite a bit of work to do on this. (My software was never designed to do deck pans, I've never attempted an MER one). But the rest of the view is too good to keep to myself, so here is the latest test version:



EDIT: Replaced with a better version

James

[Tesheiner]

Wow!


Your's in polar view.

[jamescanvin]

Nice one Tesheiner. I was hoping somebody would do one.

I didn't have time before work this morning to do anything other than hit the upload button.

Cheers,

James

[TheChemist]

Great view guys ! However, here it comes:
Stupid question of the day for the imaging gurus:
How difficult is it to make a rotatable polar view ?
I like the perspective of polar view images, but I find it impossible to grasp the entirety of the horizon without rotating the laptop or my head to pain-enduring positions. I've seen VR movies of normal 360 deg. panoramas posted in UMSF from time to time, and they were gorgeous Can the same be done with polar view panoramas ?

PS. I know about rotating the panorama in image viewers, but this does not quite do the trick.

[jekbradbury]

You mean something like this?

A quick Java applet made with Processing

Move the mouse to rotate and click to toggle modes between full pan and zoomed in.

[TheChemist]

Fantastic, this is exactly what I was talking about !
Jekbradbury, a million thank you !

I am humbled by the enormous amount of ingenuity in this forum. I am officially spoiled

[punkboi]

Awesome work, guys! Can't wait to see the next version of the panorama, James

[Ant103]

Great panoramic James . Very impatient to see the final version .

[punkboi]

This is the part of the panorama that I'm gonna crop for that 8X10...

The only qualm I have with the mosaic is that a part of the robotic arm scoop can be seen next to the solar panel to its right (shown in that white bracket). I can Photoshop it out myself...but I'll just wait to see what other changes you make to the Pan in subsequent versions

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[DDAVIS]

'I'll just wait to see what other changes you make to the Pan in subsequent versions '

Here is what I could fill in from earlier photography which can be pasted over the Canvin version of the color pan. Alas, the earlier pan also had the arm blocking part of the view. I made a rough color match of the earlier grayscale images without any attempt to recolor rocks, etc. I hope the plans to re shoot those parts needed to provide a clear panorama bear fruit!

Don

[punkboi]

Photohopped the robotic arm scoop out in this pic

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[jamescanvin]

Yes I noticed that. Remember that these are all quickly thrown together test versions I'll cut out some bits of arm (there are others) for the final version. They have retaken the bit with that has the arm in (see post 60), but I'm inclined to leave it in my version.

[3488]

Can I say an enormous thank you to everyone in this thread who has posted work of the utmost professionalism, that even NASA themselves are going to find extremely difficult to usurp.

You guys bridge the gap between Science & Art very effectively & put certain 'artists' to shame who think unmade beds or a flashing light is art. The work you guys do is worth vastly more & are part of the long term investment of our species.

It would be great James Canvin for two versions of your remarkable pan. One with the arm in place & one with no arm, showing the complete Martian Landscape in Scandia Colles without any obstructions.

Also the Sky @ Night was repeated at lunchtime today & yes your work was on display at Mission Control.

This is most certainly an interesting site, both scientifically & visually. I for one will study the pans intently.

BTW where in the UK are you from James? It is a great website you have there James.

I have put in requests for midnight sun observations, perhaps a timelapse movie of the sun swooping low over the northern horizon, the first ever such observation from another planet, also due east, west & south observations on another sol but at the same time, to get a differing illumination on the landscape. Also is not Holy Cow supposed to be imaged with illumination from the midnight sun at some point?

James, I wonder what you could produce from said observations? No doubt, would be mind blowing.

Andrew Brown.