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SOL0003-NLA_398828316EDR_F0030004NCAM00504M-GB-LXTT-IPF.jpgHorizon and Sky - Sol 3 (RAW Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation) 69 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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SOL0002-NLA_397681339EDR_F0020000AUT_04096M-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgThe Inner Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Calibrated Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia - Italian Planetary Foundation)106 visiteThis image was taken by the Left A NavCam (NAV_LEFT_A) onboard the NASA - Mars Rover Curiosity on Sol 2 (such as August, 8, 2012 at 07:04:32 UTC) of the Rover Mission to Gale Crater. The distant Rim of Gale Crater appears "fuzzy" (---> out of focus, blurred) because of the presence of a certain amount of Fog (mostly suspended Microscopic Dust Particles and, maybe, some Microscopic Water-Ice Cristals) in the air (Lower Atmosphere); right in front of the Left A NavCam, the Surface is heavily disturbed and that fact was due to the action of the retrorockets which allowed Curiosity to make (always relatively speaking) a "Soft Landing".
"...Thrust from the rockets actually dug a one-and-a-half-foot-long [0.5-meter] trench in the Surface. It appears we can see Martian Bedrock on the bottom. Its depth below the Surface is valuable data we can use going forward..." said Dr John Grotzinger, Project Scientist for the Mission from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.MareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000034000E1_DXXX-0003ML0000039000E1_DXXX-GB-PCF-LXTT-2.jpgGale's Horizon, part II - Sol 3 (an Image Mosaic in Calibrated Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)75 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000010000E1_DXXX-0003ML0000016000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-1.jpgGale's Horizon, part I - Sol 3 (an Image Mosaic in RAW Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)63 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000034000E1_DXXX-0003ML0000039000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-2.jpgGale's Horizon, part II - Sol 3 (an Image Mosaic in RAW Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)65 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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SOL0000-Mars_Descent_Imager_0000MD9999000027I1_DXXX-0000MD9999000621I1_DXXX-00.gifLet's go to Gale! - Sol 0 (a GIF-Movie by Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteThis GIF-Movie shows all the "thumbnail" frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager during the time between the jettison of the Heat-Shield and the moment of Landing ("Touchdown"). The GIF-Video covers approx. the last 2,5 (two and one-half) minutes of descent before the Mars Exploration Rover and Laboratory "Curiosity" landed inside Gale Crater - Mars.MareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000095000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-1.jpgExtremely unusually-looking Rock: "The Pregnant Rock" - Sol 3 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)100 visiteUn plauso al Primo Lettore che azzarda una (almeno) ragionevole spiegazione sulla Geologia e la Morfologia di questa "roccia"!MareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000090000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-3.jpgExtremely unusually-looking Rock: "The Helmet" - Sol 3 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)135 visite...Senza parole... Anzi, qualcuna l'abbiamo: in primo luogo, le fattezze di questa "roccia" sono DAVVERO inusuali e, in secondo luogo, se questa "roccia" l'avessero vista i Signori di Enterprise Mission (Hoagland & C.), state pur certi che ci avrebbero già costruito sopra un castello. Di stupidaggini, ovviamente.
Noi, come sempre, ci fermiamo a dire "Caspita: è davvero strana!". La NASA, invece, queste "rocce" nemmeno le vede...
Sempre GRANDI COMPLIMENTI al nostro Dr Barca!MareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000076000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-2.jpgJust like Turtles (n. 2)! - Sol 3 (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)82 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)160 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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SOL0002-676027main_pia16052-color-43_946-710-PCF-LXTT-1.jpgThe very distant Rim of Gale Crater - Sol 2 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; credits for the additional process. and Absolute Natural Color color process.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)124 visiteSono i nostri stessi Amici di Pasadena a dire che le condizioni di illuminazione di Marte, Regione di Gale Crater, non sono ottimali (meno del 50% dell'Illuminazione Solare Diffusa rispetto alla Terra e TAU elevata), e questo è il risultato della ricalibrazione di un'immagine NASA/JPL-Caltech - MER and Lab. "Curiosity", Original in Natural RAW Colors (il frame che segue).MareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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SOL0003-ML0000043000E1_DXXX-GB-LXTT-1.jpgJust like Turtles (n. 1)! - Sol 3 (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)73 visiteNuovo Landing, Nuova Regione e Nuova Missione: e va bene. Ma, in fondo, guardando le "Unusually-looking Rocks of Mars" (come ama definirle la NASA), che cosa è REALMENTE cambiato? Probabilmente nulla... Grande occhio del nostro Big "G" (il Dr Gianluigi Barca) e nuove "Curiosità" da trovare e valutare. Forse, ed a ben vedere, mai nome per un "Esploratore Robotico Marziano" fu più azzeccato!MareKromiumAgo 12, 2012
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