Mars through Mars Express (ESA - Original Raw Frames & Orbital Panoramas)
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A-h0061_0000_re2-00.jpgFrame h0061_0000_re2 - South Polar Vision (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)236 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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A-h0751_0000_bl2-01.jpgFrame h0751_0000_bl2 - The South Pole of Mars (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)261 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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A-h0751_0000_bl2.jpgFrame Mars Express RAW n. h0751_0000_bl255 visite
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A-h0751_0000_gr2.jpgFrame Mars Express RAW n. h0751_0000gr254 visite
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A-h0751_0000_re2.jpgFrame Mars Express RAW n. h0751_0000_re253 visite
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Aeolian_Features-Windstreak-h0232_0000_nd3-01-PCF-LXTT.jpgWindstreaks (Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia)64 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Aeolian_Features-Windstreaks-h0165_0068_nd3-PCF-LXTT.jpgWindstreaks (Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia)69 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Aeolian_Features-Yardangs-Eumenides_Dorsum-ESA-ME-424-20081105-5114-6-co-01-H1-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFeatures of Eumenides Dorsum (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)94 visiteThis frame, which is a mosaic of several orbital images obtained by the High Resolution Stereo Camera onboard the ESA - Mars Express Orbiter, shows us a number of Surface Features; in particular, and in addition to the presence of Plains, Buttes and just a few ancient and semi-buried Impact Craters, we suggest you to pay some special attention to the unbelievable complex of Sinuous Erosional Surface Striations, known as "Yardangs" (which are the most common Aeolian - meaning "sculpted by Wind" - Features that can be found on the Red Planet), that covers a huge portion of the central part of the picture.
All the abovementioned Surface Features are located in the Eumenides Dorsum Region of Mars, which lies to the West of the Tharsis Volcanic Province and forms part of the Region known as Medusae Fossae, at approx. 2° South Latitude and 206° East Longitude. The images here were taken on the date of December, 26, of the AD 2007; they have a ground resolution of about 13 meters per pixel and cover an area (in total) of about 12.000 square Km.
This frame (which is the Original ESA - Mars Express HRST b/w mosaic n. 424-20081105-5114-6-co-01-H1) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the ESA - Mars Express Orbiter and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mars), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team. Different colors, as well as different shades of the same color, mean, among others, the existence of different Elements present on the Surface of Mars, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.MareKromium
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Aeolian_Features-Yardangs-h0522_0000_re3.jpgAeolian Surface Features (Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)71 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Aeolian_features-Yardangs-2-s_015_050504_0143_4_3d_01_Yardangs_FAZ-PCF-LXTT.jpgWind-Lanes (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)210 visiteCaption ESA originale:"Loose sand fragments were transported by wind, and impacted on the Bedrock, slowly removing parts of the Surface, like a sand-blaster. If the winds blow in the same direction for a long enough period, ‘Wind-Lanes’, as shown in the picture, can occur. On Earth, the remnants of these features which have not been eroded away are called ‘Yardangs’. Where the Surface consists of more resistant material, the force of the wind may not be strong enough to cause this sand-blasting. This might be the reason for the three flat regions (the first in the foreground on the left, and the other two on the top right), which measure about 17 by 9 Km".MareKromium
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B-h0032_0000_bl3-00.jpgFrame Mars Express RAW n. h0032_0000_bl354 visite
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B-h0032_0000_ir3-00.jpgFrame Mars Express RAW n. h0032_0000_ir357 visite
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