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 Aug 6 2012, 07:35 AM
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QUOTE (Burmese @ Aug 6 2012, 09:28 AM)  Do we know what Image data Curiosity will be attempting to upload on the next flyover pass? More hazcams only, or do weexpect to have the mast up and taking pics and ready to send? in 1 or 2 days? -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Aug 6 2012, 07:45 AM
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There is a low bandwidth ODY pass that will happen in about 10 minutes that may have a couple new HazCams. Does anyone know when the first MARDI images are expected to be downlinked? I saw that 18 had been assigned a (relatively) high priority, but the JPL Ustream was just saying that the current pass would have only a HazCam or two.
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Aug 10 2012, 07:18 PM
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As more and more MARDI images come down I keep seeing this bright patch come and go. At first I thought it might be some random artifact or something of processing but it moves, disappears and reappears in many of the frames. Anyone have any ideas? High altitude ice particles reflecting the sun? Strangely, it seems to follow the heat shield as it falls away, then it disappears out of frame and comes back after the heat shield is no longer resolvable. Strange.
Lastly, I just want to say how great the color images are looking. Maybe it is just my imagination but the soil here looks far more intriguing than elsewhere we've seen insofar. -------------------- |
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Aug 11 2012, 12:48 AM
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QUOTE (ZLD @ Aug 10 2012, 07:18 PM) As more and more MARDI images come down I keep seeing this bright patch come and go. At first I thought it might be some random artifact or something of processing but it moves, disappears and reappears in many of the frames. Anyone have any ideas? High altitude ice particles reflecting the sun? Strangely, it seems to follow the heat shield as it falls away, then it disappears out of frame and comes back after the heat shield is no longer resolvable. Strange. As others have pointed out this is the opposition highlight and in fact it is also obvious in images obtained on the ground. It's particularly obvious in the Navcam panorama - the brightest parts of the panorama are near the mast's shadow. |
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Aug 11 2012, 01:04 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 10 2012, 07:48 PM) As others have pointed out this is the opposition highlight and in fact it is also obvious in images obtained on the ground. It's particularly obvious in the Navcam panorama - the brightest parts of the panorama are near the mast's shadow. It was about 3 in the afternoon though. Does it make sense that the sun would be behind the downward-pointing camera? -------------------- |
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