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Where to look for fossils on Mars
A nice article from the astrobiology center in Madrid….Does it remind you of anything? 😉 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Opportunity Sol 5080, May 9, 2018
Between 20:22:53 UTC and 20:23:54 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this extraordinary true color image of the Martian soil furrowed by a tangle of tracks left by the rover itself.In this case, the original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and so I applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious dots.Another example of reddish soil covered by a greenish-blue layer, but this time also with some white material mixed in with the soil. RGB HD processed image: https://image.ibb.co/f7rE1J/Oppy_Sol5080_01.jpg Original BN images: Red (735nm with 20nm bandwidth)20:22:53 UTC15:03:58 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5080/1P579164169EFFD2EXP2374L2M1.HTML Green (535nm with 20nm bandwidth)20:23:24 UTC15:04:28 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5080/1P579164200EFFD2EXP2374L5M1.HTML Blue (432nm with 32nm bandwidth)20:23:54 UTC15:04:57 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5080/1P579164230EFFD2EXP2374L7M1.HTML This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Opportunity Sol 5079, May 8, 2018
Between 21:23:51 UTC and 21:25:11 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this extraordinary true color image of the Martian sulus.In this case, the original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and I have therefore applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate spurious dots.Simply fantastic, incredible color variety! RGB HD image processed: https://image.ibb.co/ipaqr7/Oppy_Sol5079.jpg Original BN images: Red (735nm with 20nm bandwidth)21:23:51 UTC16:41:44 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5079/1P579081432EFFD2EXP2373L2M1.HTML Green (535nm with 20nm bandwidth)21:24:13 UTC16:42:05 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5079/1P579081454EFFD2EXP2373L5M1.HTML Blue (432nm with 32nm bandwidth)21:25:11 UTC16:43:02 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5079/1P579081512EFFD2EXP2373L7M1.HTML c This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
A new view of Mars taken by the Viking Orbiter
Justin Cowart has digitally processed a beautiful series of images taken by the Orbiter of the Viking mission that lay forgotten for more than forty years!Judge for yourself; other than dead and inactive planet! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Insight on Mars with a bit of Italy
It ‘started the NASA InSight mission to Mars: the launch took place punctually at 13.05 Italian time. On board also a little ‘of Italy, This is the instrument LaRRI … This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Thirty years of research to observe the interior of Mars
Among projects, failures and postponements, the French scientist Philippe Lognonne has dedicated thirty years of his life to be able to send a seismometric station on the red planet to study the interior and thus expand the knowledge of this fascinating planet…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
NASA launches InSight mission to Mars
At 12:30 p.m. Italian daylight time, live streaming of the launch of the Insight probe from Complex 3 at California’s Vandenberg base will begin.If all goes well, the launch should take place at 13:05.Don’t miss the launch of this historic mission, the first of its kind! Official mission page: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/ This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
The InSight mission is en route to Mars
At 13:05 Italian daylight time was successfully launched the probe Insight from Complex 3 of the California base Vandenberg.Those who could not follow the live streaming of the launch, you can still see all stages in this recording of the event. Official page of the mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/ This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
InSight pre-launch briefing
Tomorrow at 13:05 Italian time will start the historic mission that will explore the interior of the planet Mars, the first of its kind!In this briefing are explained all the features of this historic mission…Happy InSight journey! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Rain in the past of Mars
Surely now the temperatures are glacial, but in the long history of the Red Planet the situation must have been quite different: in the Martian past there were strong and long-lasting rains, which consequently have shaped the rock surface. What is the cause of these precipitations? This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.