Mars Express Pictures?

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ephemeral</i>
<br />I noticed that images from Mars Express’ high-resolution stereo camera are absent from this board. I wonder why, as they could allow new discoveries, or at least corroboration and elaboration of earlier observations (altimetry).<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">The Mars Express camera's normal resolution is 10 meters, as compared with 1.4 meters for the MGS camera. However, Mars Express does have a 2-meter capability. But I haven't yet many images at that resolution.

Of course, the addition of color and the readings of the other instruments are a major plus. Determining hollowness is one such possible benefit. (I, for one, predict that the Cydonia Face is hollow underneath.) But another is determining if colors coordinate with features; i.e., skin pigmentation, eyes, lips, etc. Also, colors of animals and colors in mosaics. Think of the profile image here. If the colors are appropriate for the various features (allowing for some corruption by dust coverings), that would be another successful a priori prediction with long odds against chance. -|Tom|-

Hello:


Thank you for answering.

I have done a bit of research and found that there is Mars Express raw data posted on NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF).

Are you familiar with the utilities offered to process the data (SPICE)for a Microsoft Windows system?
How steep is the learning curve?
How powerful a PC do you need?

A successful MARSIS observation of the Face is an exciting prospect indeed, provided the public is informed of its outcome.


Ephemeral

The essence of ever changing reality is the permanence of its transitory nature.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ephemeral</i>
<br />Are you familiar with the utilities offered to process the data (SPICE)for a Microsoft Windows system? How steep is the learning curve? How powerful a PC do you need?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I'm sure any PC can handle the job. But I'm unfamiliar with the utilities you mention. If any care was put into the user interface, the learning curve should not be too bad. Why not give it a try and keep us posted on what you find out? -|Tom|-

Hello:


Do you (or anybody else) start with raw data?

If so, do you get it from NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF)?

If not, where?

If your system (or anybody else's) is Microsoft Windows, what utilities do you use to process the data?

Forgive me if these questions sound naive: I am very new in this field.

Thank you for answering or pointing me to the relevant post(s) in case this topic has already been covered.



Ephemeral

The essence of ever changing reality is the permanence of its transitory nature.