Martian Vistas

Here are a couple of sections at 1/4 of the full HiRISE resolution. This is just enough to see the individual ripples and be able to gauge how well the method of generating the map is.

Quarter resolution (5656 x 1280) (1.9Mb)

Quarter resolution (5624 x 1280) (1.9Mb)

Opportunity is about to set off on a long trek south towards a big crater named Endeavor. In an attempt to help determine the best route to take avoiding the worst of the ripples that have caused problems in the past, I have started to work on using a Fourier analysis of the HiRISE images to map them out.

This is a work in progress but here is my first attempt at analyzing the whole of PSP_009141_1780. Red indicates areas with large ripples whereas green shows nice smooth areas.

The crater towards the top is Endurance near where Opportunity landed, in the middle is the large crater Victoria, where Opportunity is now and where Opportunity is headed is off the image in the direction of the bottom right.

Full resolution (2048 x 5380) (2.8Mb)
Half resolution (1024 x 2690) (828kb)

The bright ripple on the edge of Victoria Crater named "Bagnold"

Full resolution (1172 x 2060) (892kb)
Half resolution (586 x 1030) (216kb)

Anaglyph (3D glasses required). There is a large parallax between the left and right images so this isn't the easiest anaglyph to view I'm afraid.

Full resolution (1532 x 2072) (1Mb)
Half resolution (766 x 1036) (244kb)

Tracks - New, 1 year old, and 2 years old (Earth years)

Full resolution (2204 x 1104) (1.0Mb)
Half resolution (1102 x 552) (292kb)

Anaglyph (3D glasses required)

Full resolution (2188 x 1090) (936kb)
Half resolution (1094 x 545) (268kb)

Here is the state of the ground within the work volume of Phoenix's robotic arm on sol 84 showing all the trenches made so far.

Full resolution (7112 x 2944) (3.8Mb)
Half resolution (3556 x 1472) (1.2Mb)
Quarter resolution (1778 x 736) (324kb)

On Sol 83 this pan was taken showing a very fine coating of frost on the ground. A sign of the approaching winter.

Full resolution (3117 x 2012) (1.4Mb)
Half resolution (1559 x 1006) (309kb)

Here is The Peter Pan transformed into polar coordinates.

Full resolution (7700 x 7700) (8.8Mb)
Half resolution (3850 x 3850) (2.7Mb)
Quarter resolution (1925 x 1925) (803kb)

Here is probably my final version of The Peter Pan, at full resolution touched up and with an artificial sky. There has been some interest in a version with the arm removed so that the whole horizon is visible. I may do this at some point but I'm done for now!

EDIT - Polar (fish-eye) image here

Full resolution (26720 x 6677) (24.9Mb)
Half resolution (13360 x 3339) (8.1Mb)
Quarter resolution (6680 x 1670) (1.9Mb)
One eighth resolution (3340 x 835) (574kb)

My processing software was never really designed to do deck pans so I still have quite a bit of work to do on this to get it looking good. Nevertheless it's been a long time since I put out a colour version and the completed view is too good to keep to myself. So here is my latest test version:

EDIT - Replaced with an improved version

EDIT2 - New high resolution version here

EDIT3 - Polar (fish-eye) image here

10000 x 2499 version (4.7Mb)
5000 x 1250 version (1.0Mb)

Astro0 from UMSF produced a beautiful enhanced view of my Cape Verde panorama. Here is a much higher resolution version that he has sent me.

Full resolution (9257 x 3168) (18.7Mb)

Thanks Astro0!