Pluto Surface Observations 3: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Feb 2016- TBD |
Pluto Surface Observations 3: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Feb 2016- TBD |
Mar 1 2020, 03:40 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Pluto at Twilight!
This 'ping-pong' animation is the result of alignment and processing of more than 40 images of Pluto taken by New Horizons during about 8,5 hours of observations. -------------------- |
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Apr 14 2020, 12:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Rome - Italy Member No.: 7482 |
Good morning, maybe I say my stupid imagination, I wondered if these collapses due to bubbles that dry on the surface of a plaster plane have a formation similar to that of some pits-holes that are seen along the "cells" of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto. These gas bubbles rise by diffrent pressure from below and by heat dispersion of the hot chalk:
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Apr 29 2020, 12:13 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Pluto's 'Far Side' Twilight Zone.
This animation shows Pluto's 'far side' at twilight. I spent a lot of time on aligling, mapping and processing dozens of images to get this view. Please, watch the full 1080p version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UpXWizKkIU8 -------------------- |
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Apr 29 2020, 10:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Yet another beautiful product- thank you!
John |
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Apr 29 2020, 10:37 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Yet another beautiful product- thank you! John You are welcome John! -------------------- |
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May 2 2020, 05:32 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
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May 2 2020, 07:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 532 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
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May 2 2020, 07:41 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Roman, this is really cool, thanks! Thanks for all the data! -------------------- |
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May 3 2020, 02:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
If my eyes aren't fooling me, Roman's amazing view of the terminator seems to be showing the elongated shadows of some cloud/atmospheric features. Those seem to be longer than I would expect of surface relief.
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Jul 14 2020, 12:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Pluto's Foggy Twilight in 3D
This animation is based on only two high-phase angle images. Happy 5th anniversary! -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2020, 07:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Olympus Mons Member No.: 4972 |
5 Years since that mysterious object in my elementary school textbooks finally got images? Time flies!!!
Cool animation! -------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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