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SOL0016-FLA_398919417EDR_F0030078FHAZ00302M_.jpgRover Tracks - Sol 16 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)59 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 31, 2012
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SOL0013-PIA16105PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgThe "base" of Mount Sharp - Sol 13 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia - Italian Planetary Foundation)85 visiteCaption NASA:"A chapter of the Layered Geological History of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA's Curiosity Rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the Rover's eventual (---> final) science destination. This image is a portion of a larger image taken by Curiosity's 100-millimeter Mast Camera on Aug. 23, 2012".MareKromiumAgo 31, 2012
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SOL0000-RLA_397506157EDR_F0010008AUT_04096M_.jpgUp-Sun with "Mistery" - Sol 0 (a b/w NASA-MER Curiosity Original Frame)95 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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SOL0000-RRA_397504876EDR_F0010000AUT_04096M_.jpgUp-Sun with "Mistery" - Sol 0 (a b/w NASA-MER Curiosity Original Frame)78 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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SOL0000-RLA_397504876EDR_F0010000AUT_04096M_.jpgUp-Sun - Sol 0 (a b/w NASA-MER Curiosity Original Frame)96 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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SOL0000-RLA_397504876EDR_F0010000AUT_04096M-RRA_397506157EDR_F0010008AUT_04096M.gifBright Light near the Horizon - Sol 0 (a GIF-Movie by Dr Gianluigi Barca/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)154 visiteIn risposta alla nuova "Bufala" che circola sulla Rete (rimbalzando da You-Tube verso "n" Forum di Appassionati, in Italia ed all'Estero) - una bufala sicuramente ben fatta da un punto di vista tecnico e che è pure assai suggestiva ma, nel contempo, ahinoi, PROFONDAMENTE INGANNEVOLE ED ALTAMENTE DISINFORMATIVA -, noi, come Gruppo di Ricerca Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation, Vi mostriamo, grazie al lavoro del nostro Dr Gianluigi Barca, l'UNICO GIF-Movie realmente VERO e realmente ottenibile con i Frames scattati dal Rover Curiosity, poco dopo il Landing avvenuto all'interno del Cratere Marziano "Gale".
Si tratta, in realtà, di SOLI 3 (TRE!) frames, ottenuti mediante scatti in ottica "Up-Sun" (---> Contro-Sole). Nel primo si può vedere un Sole brillante ed un Orizzonte Locale buio e poco definito; nel secondo e nel terzo, invece, si può DISTINTAMENTE vedere un oggetto ad elevatissima Albedo (---> riflettenza) che brilla sotto i raggi del Sole e che, tra un frame e l'altro, pare cambiare leggeremente posizione, MA SENZA LEVARSI IN VOLO (come invece mostra il filmato-bufala dianzi citato)!
Come potete agevolmente comprendere, Cari Amici Lettori, il "Mistero", a ben guardare, c'era e c'è comunque: cos'è, infatti, l'oggetto dallo splendore metallico, che si intravede ad una distanza imprecisata (ma comunque nell'ordine delle centinaia di metri, non di più) dal Rover Curiosity?
Nessuno può saperlo.
Forse è lo Sky-Crane (ma ne dubitiamo); forse è l'Heat-Shield o la Back-Shell (ma ne dubitiamo ancora di più), o forse è qualche frammento metallico comunque connesso a Curiosity ed allo Sky-Crane: NESSUNO, per ora, lo può sapere con certezza (tranne la NASA, che però non si è espressa).
Data l'esistenza, quindi, di un "Piccolo Mistero" (chi ben comincia...), che bisogno c'era, diciamo noi, di "taroccare" tutto, INVENTARSI BEN 57 FRAMES Curiosity (che NON ESISTONO!!!), e creare quindi un GIF-Movie-bufala che altro non serve se non a gettare ulteriore ed ingiusto discredito sull'Ufologia e l'Anomaly Hunting? La domanda a noi pare del tutto legittima ma, anche in questo caso, una risposta definitiva noi non Ve la possiamo dare.
Ve ne diamo una interlocutoria, però, che è questa: accanto ad individui e gruppi di individui che, data e premessa la loro insipienza, passano la vita a criticare chi lavora e si impegna, esistono altri individui e gruppi di individui i quali, per ragioni che solo loro conoscono (e presumibilmente di natura commerciale...), fingendo di agire per "sollevare il velo" che copre le già esistenti (e, riteniamo, innumerevoli) Evidenze Oggettive della Presenza di Intelligenze Aliene le quali agiscono (letteralmente) accanto a noi, in realtà non fanno altro che creare ragioni di discredito e motivo di diffidenza nei confronti di coloro che, invece, agendo con serietà e professionalità, quel "Velo" cercano di sollevarlo veramente.
E poi qualcuno (qualche IDIOTA) si è pure permesso, in passato, di chiamare NOI "Complottisti"! Mamma mia che tristezza e che squallore...MareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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SOL0003-NLA_398828283EDR_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) 68 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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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) 65 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumAgo 22, 2012
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Saturn-Lightning-PIA14921.jpgSaturnian Lightning78 visiteThese false-color mosaics from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a Lightning striking within the huge storm that encircled Saturn's Northern Hemisphere for much of the AD 2011. The larger mosaic on the left of the panel shows the Lightning Flash, which appears as a blueish dot. The smaller mosaic on the right is composed of images taken 30 minutes later, and the Lightning is (let's say OBVIOUSLY...) not flashing at that time.
The white arrow points to the location where the Lightning occurred in the Clouds. The Optical Energy of this and other Flashes on Saturn is comparable to the strongest of the flashes on Earth. The flash is approx. 120 miles (about 200 Km) long when it exits the Clouds Tops. From this, scientists deduced that the Lightning Bolts originated in the Clouds deeper down in Saturn's Atmosphere where Water Droplets freeze. This is the analogous Region of the Atmosphere where Lightnings are created on Earth.
This Lightning Flash appeared only in the filter sensitive to Blue Visible Light, and the images were enhanced to increase the visibility of the Lightning. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters are usually combined to create a Natural Color View. Since Visible Red-Light images were not available, images taken using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of Near-InfraRed Light centered at 752 nanometers were used in place of red. Also, the blue filter image was enhanced to increase the visibility of the lightning. The result is a type (as a matter of fact, just one of the VERY many...) of False Color Image.
The images were obtained with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 6, 2011, at a distance of approximately 2 MMs (such as about 3,3 MKM) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 83°. These mosaics are simple Cylindrical Map Projections, defined such that a square pixel subtends equal intervals of Latitude and Longitude. At higher Latitudes, the pixel size in the North-South direction remains the same, but the pixel size (in terms of physical extent on the Planet) in the East-West direction becomes smaller. The pixel size is set at the Equator, where the distances along the sides are equal. This map has a pixel size of approx. 12 miles (such as about 20 Km) at the Equator.MareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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Titan-PIA14919.jpgTitan's South Polar Vortex (True Colors; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)79 visiteCaption NASA:"This frame (taken by the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft) shows us a South Polar Vortex or, in other words, a swirling Mass of Gas (and, perhaps, even other - heavier - Elements), which is located in the Upper Atmosphere, and approximately over the South Pole, of the Saturnian moon Titan. This Swirling Mass appears to complete one full rotation in about 9 (nine) hours - meaning a much faster period than the moon's 16 (sixteen)-days Rotation Period. The South Pole of Titan (which is about 3200 miles, or 5150 Km, across) is right under the Vortex.
Since the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft arrived in the Saturnian System, in 2004, Titan has shown a visible "Hood", such as an area of denser (when compared to the rest of the moon's Atmosphere) High Altitude Haze, high above the North Pole, but this is the first time that a similar phenomenon is seen above its South Pole. As a matter of fact, it was Northern Winter on Titan at the time of the arrival of the Cassini Spacecraft, and therefore much of its High Northern Latitudes was then in the darkness. But the Hood was high enough to still be illuminated by Sunlight. However, seasons have been changing since Saturn's August 2009 Equinox, which signaled the beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of Fall (---> Autumn) in the Southern one, both for Saturn and for its very many moons. As a consequence of this season's changing, now the High Southern Latitudes are the ones moving into darkness, and the formation of this Vortex at Titan's South Pole may be related to the incoming Southern Winter and - maybe - the subsequent beginning of what could well be a South Polar Hood.
These new, more detailed images are only possible because of the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft newly inclined orbits, whose re-definition is part of the next phase of the Cassini Solstice Mission. Previously, Cassini was orbiting along the Equatorial Plane of Titan, and so the imaging team's pictures of the Polar Vortex (in the period between late March and mid-May), were taken from over Titan's Equator. At that time, however, the images taken by the Spacecraft only showed a brightening (or yellowing) of the detached Haze Layer located on the Limb (or Edge) of the Visible Disk of Titan, right over its South Polar Regions".MareKromiumAgo 16, 2012
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086-Craters-Fabia_Crater-PIA15900-PCF-LXTT-IPF-2.jpgFabia Crater and Surroundings (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia - Italian Planetary Foundation)63 visiteThis Dawn framing camera (FC) image of Vesta shows Fabia crater, which is the large crater offset to the bottom right of the center of the image. Fabia crater is very distinctive because the two sides of its rim have very different states of freshness. In this image the bottom part of the rim is distinct and fresh but the top part of the rim is much more rounded and degraded. This dichotomy between the rims is possibly due to material slumping over the top part of Fabia's rim, which caused the rim to become obscured and look more degraded. There are linear features visible on the illuminated part of Fabia crater, which were probably created by material cascading towards the center of the crater. There is also a distinguishing band of bright material along the bottom rim of the crater.
This image is located in Vesta's Numisia quadrangle, in Vesta's northern hemisphere. NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Oct. 19, 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The distance to the surface of Vesta is 700 kilometers (435 miles) and the image has a resolution of about 63 meters (207 feet) per pixel. This image was acquired during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of the mission.
MareKromiumAgo 16, 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)102 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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