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 Jul 22 2005, 06:00 PM
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More *yawn* dust devils (2)
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...56P0660L0M1.JPG Spirit would be hard pressed, I think, to make it through a day of navcam/pancam shots of the plains and -not- catch a dust devil in the act. |
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Aug 11 2005, 05:56 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (dilo @ Aug 11 2005, 03:24 PM)  Wow! 
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Aug 11 2005, 06:00 AM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
What are you talking about?!? Run towards the Devils! They'll save you.
 Doug, maybe you should create an animated GIF of a solar panel getting cleaned, to go along with  and  Ooohh Ohhh! An animated GIF of a dust devil would totally rock. I'm trying to create a 64x64 animated GIF from the center of that movie, but I don't have any animated GIF editors. Whew. It took a while, but I finally made it! Anyone can use this as they wish!  Here's an 30x30 version suitable for using as an emoticon...*hint hint* 
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Aug 11 2005, 08:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Germany Member No.: 211 |
Wow!!! The best devil movie I've seen so far
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Aug 11 2005, 10:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
The solar irradiation must be high a t m. That makes hope for going on of the better Gusev visibility.
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Aug 11 2005, 11:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
Oh my god ! I'm speechless .... this is just unbelievable
the best animation ever (so far) from the surface of another planet . imagine someone had shown this two years ago claiming it was a *real* video from Mars ... anyone interested in a color version of this beast ? 
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Aug 11 2005, 02:23 PM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Belgium Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (Nirgal @ Aug 11 2005, 01:34 PM) anyone interested in a color version of this beast ?  Yes. And I have a question, but maybe that belongs in the technical imegary section... These are B&W movies, does anyone know if it is possible to do near-reallife colorrenderings of those? Now we see 'white' columns, but they're probably another hue? Is dilo's Avatar 'true-color' or close to it? |
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Aug 11 2005, 02:25 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Unfortunately - because they move so quickly - it's impossible to photograph them really - as one has to cycle between three filters to make a colour image - in which time the devil's moved 100 metres or more
Doug |
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Aug 11 2005, 02:29 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Belgium Member No.: 41 |
Hm. Or rather D'oh!
but can't you -very roughly- extrapolate this info, from different devils through different filters? To have at least an idea of the true colors? |
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Aug 11 2005, 02:33 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
QUOTE (dilo @ Aug 11 2005, 05:24 AM) I happened to catch the images come down via MMB last night... I just about fell out of my chair. |
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Aug 11 2005, 02:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (Rxke @ Aug 11 2005, 02:29 PM) Hm. Or rather D'oh! but can't you -very roughly- extrapolate this info, from different devils through different filters? To have at least an idea of the true colors? Well - we'll need the one or two times DD's have been caught by pancam to filter thru to the Workbook before taking the IMG's and having a go then - but it'll be a while Doug |
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Aug 11 2005, 02:51 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 18-December 04 Member No.: 123 |
ARGGGHHHH!! The one time I'm away from by broadband connection and this happens.
It takes long enough to load the plain text of these pages not to mind trying to download the images and then uploading the animated gifs I'm dying to make. No chance. DAMN YOU DIAL-UP!!! In fact this is even slower than dialup however it manages it. Coming home to the suburbs of a small Irish village certainly has it's disadvantages. I'll look forward to seeing and getting my hands on these when I get back.
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Aug 11 2005, 03:00 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You know how flares are 'soooo 1970's' - or early sony walkmans are 'soooo 1980's' etc etc
Well - Dust Devils are Soooooo Sol 450  I mean...get OVER it Doug |
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Aug 11 2005, 03:50 PM
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...What are "flares"?
 British for bellbottoms perhaps?
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Aug 11 2005, 03:56 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Aug 11 2005, 03:50 PM) ...What are "flares"? British for bellbottoms perhaps?Yup Doug |
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Aug 11 2005, 04:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 218 |
Fantastic DD movie! It seems unusual for them to be moving right-to-left (north-to-south?). Haven't most of them in the past gone from left-to-right?
I'll have to go back and check. Maybe a frontal passage or wind shift indicating a change in season is coming. |
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