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Mars Express Photographs the Earth and the Moon
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| 7/17/03
Posted on 07/17/2003 3:51:08 PM PDT by LibWhacker
On the night of 3 July 2003, the Mars Express spacecraft was pointed backwards to obtain a view of the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 8 million kilometres while on its way to Mars. This image is the first picture of planetary objects obtained by the Mars Expressís High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC).
Although the spatial resolution is low at this great distance, the picture gives a good indication of what to expect from Mars Express in its orbit around Mars. At only 250-300 kilometres above Mars, the camera will obtain very high-resolution images, in brilliant colour and impressive 3D of most of the Martian surface, at resolutions of up to 2 metres.
The image was built by combining a super resolution black-and-white snap-shot image of the Earth and the Moon taken by the HRSC with colour information obtained by the blue, green, and red sensors of the instrument.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earth; marsexpress; moon; photograph
To: LibWhacker
Oh great. Barbara Streisand's house is in that photo. Now Free Republic is going to be sued for sure!
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07/17/2003 3:55:14 PM PDT
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ZGuy
To: LibWhacker
The image was built by combining a super resolution black-and-white snap-shot image of the Earth and the Moon taken by the HRSC with colour information obtained by the blue, green, and red sensors of the instrument.
Credits: Photo ESA/DLR/Freie Universitat Berlin
A composite, or multiband image. This is from the Euro Mars probe.
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07/17/2003 3:55:30 PM PDT
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RightWhale
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To: LibWhacker
Great photo!
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07/17/2003 3:56:24 PM PDT
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07/17/2003 3:56:35 PM PDT
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To: LibWhacker
Thanks for posting this pix. Just awesome.
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posted on
07/17/2003 3:58:50 PM PDT
by
Lucy Lake
To: RightWhale
A composite, or multiband image. This is from the Euro Mars probe.What utter nonsense. This was obviously taken at a soundstage in Burbank...
To: RoughDobermann
Resized.
To: RoughDobermann
What utter nonsense. This was obviously taken at a soundstage in Burbank... That's crazy. What would a Euro satellite be doing in Hollywood? It's actually at a secret location in Limoges just outside Paris.
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07/17/2003 4:02:56 PM PDT
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RightWhale
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To: LibWhacker
Very cool. Thanks.
Psalm 104
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posted on
07/17/2003 4:03:54 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: ZGuy
Actually, I think I see Niger!
To: RightWhale
That's crazy. What would a Euro satellite be doing in Hollywood? It's actually at a secret location in Limoges just outside Paris.It's all part of the conspiracy, see, to throw us off from the truth.
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