Image Sets  12 January, 2010 11:10

New Images From 12 January 2010 Added

10-012_10.40.48_VMC_Img_No_1.pngNew images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 12 January 2010, for more details on this observation hit the \"Full Story\" link below. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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Image Sets  11 January, 2010 11:26

New Images From 11 January 2010 Added

10-011_10.52.02_VMC_Img_No_1.pngNew images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 11 January 2010, for more details on this observation hit the \"Full Story\" link below. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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Image Sets  11 January, 2010 01:43

New Images From 11 January 2010 Added

10-011_01.13.34_VMC_Img_No_1.pngNew images have been posted to the image database. These images are from the VMC observation on 11 January 2010, for more details on this observation hit the \"Full Story\" link below. To access the images click the link below. Also you can access the Celestia file to see where the images were captured and access the raw data in the zip file (for more details see Help us with the VMC)



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General , Public Submissions  07 January, 2010 14:15

23 December Composite: Roman Makhin

Roman MakhinThe recent low-altitude VMC observations have seen some wonderful interpretations of the data by the public, including this submission by Roman Makhin of Lukhovitsy, Russia.

Roman stiched together the images to form a mosaic covering the planet and performed colour processing to enhance the image. Stretching across from the left of the image is the huge valley Valles Marineris and the South Pole is just off the bottom of the image. For more details on how he did it click "Full Story." Thanks for the submission Roman! -- Thomas






Credit: R. Makhin/ESA

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General , Public Submissions  05 January, 2010 11:06

Mars surface geography: Mike Malaska's composite images

Mike Malaska has created a number of excellent Mars composite images in the past few weeks using VMC images acquired by ESA's Mars Express on 1 July 2008 and 23 December 2009. His work highlights surface features including the Valles Marineris - a deep set of complex graben that stretch over 2000 km across - and the bright Argyre Planitia region. Two of the best are shown below - click on the images for details on Mike's processing and to view hi-res versions. Thanks, Mike! -- Daniel  

 

 

 

 

 

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Image submitted by Mike Malaska, Chapell Hil, NC, USA. Mike writes: Credit: ESA/H. Griebel/MOLA/Google Dec 23 2009 MEX-VMC Composite of Valles Marineris and Argyre Planitia ---- Composite image of MEX-VMC images taken on December 23, 2009. ---- The raw images were then converted to rgb.png files using Gordan Ugarkovic's VMC2RGB utility with flatfield correction. MEX-VMC Images No 11, 15, 19, and 24 were coordinated to Image No 19. The set was converted to 16-bit, then increased in size 5x. All the images werecontrast-adjusted to image no 24. Layer masks were used to blend the mosaic. The final image is a HiPassLRGB composite. ---- To make the RGB Color layer, a Hue/Saturation level was added (+40) and a Channel Mix layer was added (R: +170%Red, -50%Green, -20%Blue; G: -20%Red, +140%Green, -20%Blue; B: -50%Red, -20%Green, +170% Blue). The color image was Gaussian Blurred 1.5 pixels. ---- To make the luminance (L) layer, the unblurred color layer was converted using a B&W conversion layer with R:+60%,Y:+70%,G:+70%, C:+20%, B: +50%, M: +50%). The luminance layer was combined in the stack with the Luminance blending mode. Above this was placed another B&W converted layer, this time with a 30 pixel HiPass filter that was blended with the other layers in the stack. A final Curves layer were added to make the final composite. ---- The combined image was then downsampled to 100% and rotated so that north is at top. ---- In the image, Valles Marineris and Eos Chaos can be seen at top center. At the extreme south of the composite, the bright Argyre Planitia can be seen. ---- Image credits: ESA / Mike Malaska ---- Original via: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/4230483496/ HDR Super-resolution MEX-VMC image of Valles Marineris (Mars) || Valles Marineris Mars composite image assembled from Mars Express Sixty-four Views of Mars from Mars Express VMC || The Mars Webcam (more officially known as the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera or VMC) has been capturing global views of Mars for the public since October 2007. These 64 images were taken between July 2 and November 15, 2008 and July 1 and August 15, 2009. This image is available as an 11-by-17-inch poster from The Planetary Society Store. Credit: Data courtesy of ESA / processing by Emily Lakdawalla.