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Clouds?
jmknapp
post Jul 8 2008, 01:38 AM
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Was looking at some MGS imagery:



Kind of a low-contrast scene with some darker splotches here and there. Running that through an equalizing filter gives this image:



Some surprising detail brought out there--it looks to me like there are small clouds casting shadows on the surface. Can that be right? They could be little hills I suppose.


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- jmknapp   Clouds?   Jul 8 2008, 01:38 AM
- - siravan   QUOTE Some surprising detail brought out there--it...   Jul 8 2008, 01:49 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (siravan @ Jul 7 2008, 08:49 PM) Li...   Jul 8 2008, 01:55 AM
|- - siravan   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 7 2008, 08:55 PM) Th...   Jul 8 2008, 11:42 AM
|- - ugordan   I don't see these as compression artifacts, th...   Jul 8 2008, 11:59 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (siravan @ Jul 8 2008, 06:42 AM) I ...   Jul 8 2008, 02:02 PM
- - Del Palmer   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 8 2008, 02:38 AM) So...   Jul 8 2008, 01:56 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Jul 7 2008, 08:56 PM)...   Jul 8 2008, 02:08 AM
- - dvandorn   I dunno -- look at the semi-regular spacing. Pers...   Jul 8 2008, 04:16 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 8 2008, 12:16 AM) I...   Jul 8 2008, 11:33 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I don't think there is any question that we ar...   Jul 8 2008, 01:55 PM
- - dvandorn   I wouldn't be at all surprised to see clouds a...   Jul 8 2008, 04:09 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 8 2008, 11:09 AM) T...   Jul 9 2008, 05:54 PM
- - edstrick   .....the annual thoat drives into the great abatto...   Jul 9 2008, 09:15 AM

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