Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
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Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
 Oct 23 2015, 07:52 PM
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Here's a hand stitch of the 3 P_LEISA_HIRES_L1 images published so far. Really looking forward to getting the rest of these down.
(Click for full size, 1179x2797, 1.9 MiB) 
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Oct 23 2015, 08:01 PM
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just some fun
a 1920x1080 desktop background 
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Oct 23 2015, 08:21 PM
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And a slightly different perspective on Charon as things rotate into view (or before they rotated out of...). We get a glimpse into that eastern terminator region and the mystery "chasmas".
--Bill -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2015, 09:01 PM
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Seems like each release is newly amazing.
Other than the craters, I don't even know if we have proper top-level nomenclature for many of these features, to say nothing of origin theories. A totally alien place. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 23 2015, 09:02 PM
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Almost I missed it. Today's images taken from a distance of 1.7 million km fill the time gap between 2015-07-12 8:46 (distance 2.5 Mi km) and 2015-07-13 16:17 (distance 1.0 Mi km). We can see a lot of new details on reverse side of Pluto, including several craters (previously unseen due to the distance, later hidden behind the edge of the planet). Not seen before !
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x630_sci_1.jpg identified as 'PC_MULTI_MAP_B_17_01_L1', -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
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Oct 23 2015, 09:18 PM
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@peter59 -- image links broken with ... Same as earlier post.
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Oct 23 2015, 09:19 PM
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peter59
please fix your links copy/paste dose NOT work with url shortening a slightly different angle http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x630_sci_1.jpg 
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Oct 23 2015, 09:32 PM
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Enlarged version
Attached thumbnail(s)
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Oct 23 2015, 09:34 PM
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The mid latitudes are really fascinating. We should go back and get a closer look.
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Oct 23 2015, 09:44 PM
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Possible track projection:
Since the frames don't quite line up, it's hard to say exactly what areas will be covered. |
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Oct 23 2015, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE (t_oner @ Oct 23 2015, 03:32 PM)  Enlarged version This image confirms that the large crater (or "crater") seen in early images is indeed a topographic feature:
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Oct 23 2015, 10:14 PM
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Interesting smudges along some of the fractures:
Same area in enhanced color:
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Oct 24 2015, 04:13 AM
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one of the new images to come down "lor_0299176979"
the albedo is WAY to varied for sfs to really work , but there a few "tricks" that sort of kind of work if one dose not look to hard a test    
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Oct 24 2015, 06:43 AM
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Very interesting. Outgassing deposit from the fracture, or a lee deposit from wind? And what are those fractures(?) normal to the main fracture? P |
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Oct 24 2015, 07:33 AM
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QUOTE (antipode @ Oct 24 2015, 07:43 AM) Gladstoner Very interesting. Outgassing deposit from the fracture, or a lee deposit from wind? Or - loss of white covering due to local heating at the fractures? |
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