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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
Great image of Mars from Mars Express:
First Pictures http://berlinadmin.dlr.de/Missions/e...firsteng.shtml The camera on Mars Express will have a resolution capability in orbit at Mars of 10 meters in color and 2.3 meters in B/W: HRSC on Mars Express. http://berlinadmin.dlr.de/Missions/e...ameraeng.shtml One of the scientists on the Mars Express HRSC color camera team is Dennis Reiss. He had argued there were indications of currently forming water carved gullies in Russell crater on Mars: Dune Is There Martian Mud in Russell Crater? by Astrobiology Magazine staffwriter "Summary: Satellite photos of a bright dune in the Martian southern hemisphere show remarkable details of an unusual erosion pattern. Unlike rocky avalanches found elsewhere, the dune flows suggest to two German scientists that for a few summer noon hours, liquid water may carve up the dunes in a region called Russell Crater. They ask the question: has mud flowed in the last thousand years on Mars?" http://mars.astrobio.net/news/article86.html The THEMIS camera has shown it is possible to image the gully areas on Mars at 20m/pixel resolution. So the Mars Express camera should be able to resolve these areas in color at 10m/pixel. For those of us interested in investigating possible life on Mars it is noticeable there are greenish areas in the upper right in the Mars Express image. Bob Clark cf.: From: Robert Clark ) Subject: Mars, the "Greenish" Planet? Newsgroups: sci.astro, alt.sci.planetary, sci.space.history, sci.astro.amateur, rec.arts.sf.science Date: 2002-12-11 18:31:56 PST http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4a3ea56991ef1f46 From: Robert Clark ) Subject: Dark spots in Mars gullies - evidence of cyanobacteria? Newsgroups: sci.astro, sci.astro.seti, alt.sci.planetary, sci.bio.misc Date: 2001-11-29 14:05:07 PST http://groups.google.com/groups?th=b4c2374dcdf153f6 ------------------------------------------------------------- For email response, send to same userid as above, but append Hotmail.com instead of Yahoo.com. ------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Yee wrote in message ... ESA News http://www.esa.int 3 December 2003 Planet Mars from 5.5 million kilometres [http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMN..._index_1.html] This picture (copyright ESA) was taken on 1 December 2003 from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) under the responsibility of the Principal Investigator Prof. Gerhard Neukum. It was processed by the DLR Institute for Planetary Research, also involved in the development of the camera, and by the Freie Universität Berlin. This picture shows planet Mars as seen from a distance of about 5.5 million kilometres. This is a very unusual view of Mars because the planet is illuminated in a way never seen from Earth. The sun shines on part of the western hemisphere, but more than a third of the Martian disc lies in the dark. The dark features at the top are part of the northern lowlands of Mars, where oceans possibly existed thousands of millions of years ago. Credits: ESA For further information please contact: ESA Media Relations Service Tel: +33(0)1.53.69.7155 Fax: +33(0)1.53.69.7690 Prof. Gerhard Neukum Freie Universität Berlin Department of Earth Sciences Malterserstr. 74-100, Building D D-12249 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 30-83870-579 (or -575) Fax: +49 30-83870-188 email: Related links * Europe goes to Mars http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html * Mars Express mission facts http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...U55V9ED_0.html * Beagle 2 lander homepage http://www.beagle2.com Related articles * 'Europe lands on Mars' -- Media event at ESA/ESOC http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMBUGXLDMD_index_0.html * Crucial moments on the way to Mars http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...Z0UZJND_0.html * Are you ready for Mars? http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTERWLDMD_index_0.html |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
Great image of Mars from Mars Express:
I guess I've become jaded by the truly outstanding images from the Mars orbiters and Hubble.......this Mars Express image is not as good as most of the AMATEUR images made FROM HERE ON EARTH with consumer digital cameras during the past opposition. The bar has been raised to a great height! Mike Harvey |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
I guess I've become jaded by the truly outstanding images from the Mars orbiters and Hubble.......this Mars Express image is not as good as most of the AMATEUR images made FROM HERE ON EARTH with consumer digital cameras during the past opposition. The bar has been raised to a great height! Hi Mike: Stereo camera, schmereo camera, they shoulda put a Toucam Pro on this puppy! :-) Seriously, yes, beautiful pictures, but the amateur images were wonderful this apparition. Some, actually kept up with HST pretty darned well. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_ Like SCTs and MCTs? Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers! Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
That's the most blurry picture of Mars I've seen. An 8" Meade will give the
same view. "Robert Clark" wrote in message om... Great image of Mars from Mars Express: First Pictures http://berlinadmin.dlr.de/Missions/e...firsteng.shtml The camera on Mars Express will have a resolution capability in orbit at Mars of 10 meters in color and 2.3 meters in B/W: HRSC on Mars Express. http://berlinadmin.dlr.de/Missions/e...ameraeng.shtml One of the scientists on the Mars Express HRSC color camera team is Dennis Reiss. He had argued there were indications of currently forming water carved gullies in Russell crater on Mars: Dune Is There Martian Mud in Russell Crater? by Astrobiology Magazine staffwriter "Summary: Satellite photos of a bright dune in the Martian southern hemisphere show remarkable details of an unusual erosion pattern. Unlike rocky avalanches found elsewhere, the dune flows suggest to two German scientists that for a few summer noon hours, liquid water may carve up the dunes in a region called Russell Crater. They ask the question: has mud flowed in the last thousand years on Mars?" http://mars.astrobio.net/news/article86.html The THEMIS camera has shown it is possible to image the gully areas on Mars at 20m/pixel resolution. So the Mars Express camera should be able to resolve these areas in color at 10m/pixel. For those of us interested in investigating possible life on Mars it is noticeable there are greenish areas in the upper right in the Mars Express image. Bob Clark cf.: From: Robert Clark ) Subject: Mars, the "Greenish" Planet? Newsgroups: sci.astro, alt.sci.planetary, sci.space.history, sci.astro.amateur, rec.arts.sf.science Date: 2002-12-11 18:31:56 PST http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4a3ea56991ef1f46 From: Robert Clark ) Subject: Dark spots in Mars gullies - evidence of cyanobacteria? Newsgroups: sci.astro, sci.astro.seti, alt.sci.planetary, sci.bio.misc Date: 2001-11-29 14:05:07 PST http://groups.google.com/groups?th=b4c2374dcdf153f6 ------------------------------------------------------------- For email response, send to same userid as above, but append Hotmail.com instead of Yahoo.com. ------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Yee wrote in message ... ESA News http://www.esa.int 3 December 2003 Planet Mars from 5.5 million kilometres [http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMN..._index_1.html] This picture (copyright ESA) was taken on 1 December 2003 from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) under the responsibility of the Principal Investigator Prof. Gerhard Neukum. It was processed by the DLR Institute for Planetary Research, also involved in the development of the camera, and by the Freie Universität Berlin. This picture shows planet Mars as seen from a distance of about 5.5 million kilometres. This is a very unusual view of Mars because the planet is illuminated in a way never seen from Earth. The sun shines on part of the western hemisphere, but more than a third of the Martian disc lies in the dark. The dark features at the top are part of the northern lowlands of Mars, where oceans possibly existed thousands of millions of years ago. Credits: ESA For further information please contact: ESA Media Relations Service Tel: +33(0)1.53.69.7155 Fax: +33(0)1.53.69.7690 Prof. Gerhard Neukum Freie Universität Berlin Department of Earth Sciences Malterserstr. 74-100, Building D D-12249 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 30-83870-579 (or -575) Fax: +49 30-83870-188 email: Related links * Europe goes to Mars http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html * Mars Express mission facts http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...U55V9ED_0.html * Beagle 2 lander homepage http://www.beagle2.com Related articles * 'Europe lands on Mars' -- Media event at ESA/ESOC http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMBUGXLDMD_index_0.html * Crucial moments on the way to Mars http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...Z0UZJND_0.html * Are you ready for Mars? http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTERWLDMD_index_0.html |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
"Peter Gennaro" wrote in message ... That's the most blurry picture of Mars I've seen. An 8" Meade will give the same view. Peter, That view couldn't be obtained by ANY Earth-based telescope! Regards, Chris |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
That view couldn't be obtained by ANY Earth-based telescope!
Obviously you don't follow the threads of the conspiracy mongers!!! I am sure that they will have a multitude of reasons!! LOL Richard |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
"Peter Gennaro" wrote in message ...
That's the most blurry picture of Mars I've seen. An 8" Meade will give the same view. But how close can this 8" Meade get to Mars? Let's compare Mars images from these two systems a few weeks from now to see which are more impressive. :-) - Robert Cook |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
Are you talking about the angle or the clarity? I'm talking about the
clarity. Any earth bound 10" or 12" reflector would give better clarity than that photo "Chris Marriott" wrote in message ... "Peter Gennaro" wrote in message ... That's the most blurry picture of Mars I've seen. An 8" Meade will give the same view. Peter, That view couldn't be obtained by ANY Earth-based telescope! Regards, Chris |
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Color image of Mars from Mars Express.
Peter Gennaro wrote:
Are you talking about the angle or the clarity? I'm talking about the clarity. It's not interesting because of the clarity, it's interesting because of the angle. Complaining about the clarity is missing the point. By the way, when I worked for Mike Malin we took a similar image of Mars (ours was not nearly as nice and not in color). Sadly, it turned out to be the only image Mars Observer ever returned of the red planet. I hope these guys have better luck. Clear skies, Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) SkyTools Software for the Observer: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html Skyhound Observing Pages: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html |
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