Posted on Mar 17, 2021
Icy Mars Korolev crater is 51 miles across - Flyover animation from orbiter imagery
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I may have shared this with you a year or so ago, but believe this to be of value for everyone to see and understand what is being sent to our Mission Control at NASA from the Mars Orbiter Satellite... THe header infers that this is totally an animation... Well it is and it isn't... Let me explain... The Mars Orbiter sends images from Mars to NASA on a steady basis as the orbiter circumscribes Planet Mars in its orbit... Focusing on different criteria as sent to the orbiter as commands...
WHen NASA receives the images, they are sent digitally to a processing lab or center where these photos are seamlessly placed in a timeline in their video editing software... I know this, because I have done and continue to do these these steps as well... VIdeo editing is a time-based medium that allows the "stitching" of sequential images and when all is done, and played, it will play at a desired resolution at (usually 30 frames per second or 60 frames per second) and at resolutions up to 8K pixels...
This video covers Mars' Koroleve Crater, which is 51 miles across...
Here is more from Space.com:
"ESA Mars Express orbiter imagery has been used to create a flyover animation of Mars crater Korolev. It's 51 miles across (82 km) and 1.2 miles (2 km) deep from its rim. This Icy Crater Near Mars' North Pole Is a Winter Wonderland (Photos)".
So yes, this is an an animation, BUT, it is from live sequential images from the Mars Express orbiter, so it is REAL not total animation... This is important for you to know, so that you will realize what you are seeing is not phony, but real imagery sequenced for video processing. Let me know if you want further explanation on this...
This Korolev Crater is full of "Water Ice" not frozen CO2... and they know this by the digital/chemical testing that has been performed... in this one Krater (See the dimensions above) there is enough WATER to make fuel Hydrogen and Oxygen when processed for a spacecraft to Fuel up on Mars and traverse back to Earth, many times over... And note that this is only one crater... Water has also been found frozen beneath the planet's surface and that too can be processed as needed in to fuel, drinking water, Oxygen for breathing in a closed dome structure and more.... The CO2 on the planet can also be converted to pull out the Oxygen as well...
The possibilities are endless... The planet may appear dead, but the chemistry to support life is there...
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
I hope you have enjoyed this short Mars Express orbiter video from NASA and ESA
Kerry
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WHen NASA receives the images, they are sent digitally to a processing lab or center where these photos are seamlessly placed in a timeline in their video editing software... I know this, because I have done and continue to do these these steps as well... VIdeo editing is a time-based medium that allows the "stitching" of sequential images and when all is done, and played, it will play at a desired resolution at (usually 30 frames per second or 60 frames per second) and at resolutions up to 8K pixels...
This video covers Mars' Koroleve Crater, which is 51 miles across...
Here is more from Space.com:
"ESA Mars Express orbiter imagery has been used to create a flyover animation of Mars crater Korolev. It's 51 miles across (82 km) and 1.2 miles (2 km) deep from its rim. This Icy Crater Near Mars' North Pole Is a Winter Wonderland (Photos)".
So yes, this is an an animation, BUT, it is from live sequential images from the Mars Express orbiter, so it is REAL not total animation... This is important for you to know, so that you will realize what you are seeing is not phony, but real imagery sequenced for video processing. Let me know if you want further explanation on this...
This Korolev Crater is full of "Water Ice" not frozen CO2... and they know this by the digital/chemical testing that has been performed... in this one Krater (See the dimensions above) there is enough WATER to make fuel Hydrogen and Oxygen when processed for a spacecraft to Fuel up on Mars and traverse back to Earth, many times over... And note that this is only one crater... Water has also been found frozen beneath the planet's surface and that too can be processed as needed in to fuel, drinking water, Oxygen for breathing in a closed dome structure and more.... The CO2 on the planet can also be converted to pull out the Oxygen as well...
The possibilities are endless... The planet may appear dead, but the chemistry to support life is there...
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
I hope you have enjoyed this short Mars Express orbiter video from NASA and ESA
Kerry
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Excellent explanation of the video editing process...and a very good video as well
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Thank you, Lt Col Charlie Brown! Many people in today's environment do not understand the technical component of video and they believe if it is not directly from the camera, it is not real and that just isn't the case... A video data file is far and away extremely large in size with the resolution that is being taken, but the camera's still photos, in sequence are what forms the video stream anyway and the size of each image for transmitting to Earth is very small in comparison to a video being transmitted to Earth. This what is shown as video is real...it is just the processing that is different...
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SPC Michael Terrell
Sgt (Join to see) - I started editing on 16mm film, followed by U-Matic 3/4" machines, and then 1" Sony decks. The last job was done on a PC, but nothing to this scale. I hate it when I'm told 'Just do it', then they don't like the results.
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SPC Michael Terrell It has changed dramatically in the last 20 years or so... Now it is all digital... That's the world I enjoy...It is the creativity, Michael... People will either like it or hate it, but most of what I do is liked... Thank the Lord!
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SPC Michael Terrell
Sgt (Join to see) - A jog wheel and a large monitor sure beats a tiny optical screen and a film cutter.
I liked the jog wheel so much that I bought a 'Griffin Powermate' for my computer. They stopped selling them a while back, but it s driver is programable for how it works with multiple programs.
I did that last job on a then, brand new Windows 7 system with 16 GB of RAM and an eight core processor. It was great that you could step frame at a time without worrying about wearing out some video tape. I used AVS4YOU to edit that Industrial video.
I liked the jog wheel so much that I bought a 'Griffin Powermate' for my computer. They stopped selling them a while back, but it s driver is programable for how it works with multiple programs.
I did that last job on a then, brand new Windows 7 system with 16 GB of RAM and an eight core processor. It was great that you could step frame at a time without worrying about wearing out some video tape. I used AVS4YOU to edit that Industrial video.
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I wonder if the crater was at the bottom of a sea, so as the waters receded, what remained at the very bottom froze (are those frozen waterfalls on the one side?). Thank you for the share Sgt (Join to see)
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