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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Z-Pluto-lor_0299124574_0x632_sci_1-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgThe "White Heart" of Pluto (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)112 visiteA beautiful image, obtained by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (or "LORRI", for short), located onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft, when the probe was about 0,8 Million KiloMeters away from the Target. This frame, in our humble opinion, needs no comments at all: we, as IPF, have named it "The White Heart" of Pluto. And that is it. For now, of course...
The image (which is an Original NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft's b/w and NON Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Mew Horizons LORRI Image Catalog with the ID n. lor_0299124574_0x632_sci_1) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then colorized (according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga-LXTT-IPF) in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft and then looked ahead, towards the Dwarf-Planet Pluto), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromiumSet 22, 2015
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Charon-PIA19709-PCF-LXTT-IPF-1.jpgThe Dark North Polar Regions of Charon (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)64 visiteAs you can see very well here, in today's APOD, remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this wonderful Extra Detail Magnification (or "EDM", for short) that shows us the North Polar Regions of Charon itself - the original Contextual Picture was taken from the New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (or "LORRI", for short), late on July 13, 2015, from a distance of about 289.000 miles (such as approx. 465.099,26 Km) from the Surface of this - however - unusually-looking Celestial Body.
Generally speaking, the Mission Scientists are surprised by the apparent lack of Impact Craters on Charon. But, in particular, all over Charon's North Polar Regions (that is VERY WELL seen here), a dark marking - which was already prominent in the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft' approach images - is now showing a diffuse (---> lighter in color) Boundary, suggesting that it could be a (thin?) Deposit of Dark Material (whose nature and origin are still - and, maybe, will remain - unknown).
So, what are we talking about? A North Polar Cap made out of Frozen Hydrocarbons? Or, perhaps, a Layer of a powdered dark mineral - like Coal - which, eons after eons, fell over a Surface of bright Water Ice North Polar Cap and then turned its color (almost) completely black? Who knows...
The image has been compressed to reduce its file size for transmission to Earth. In high-contrast areas of the original Contextual Image, Surface Features as small as about 3 miles (approx. 4,828 Km) across can be seen. Some lower-contrast detail is obscured by the compression of the image, which may make some areas appear smoother than they really are. The uncompressed version still resides in New Horizons' Computer Memory and is scheduled to be transmitted at a later date. Remember that the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft traveled more than three billion miles over nine-and-a-half years to reach the Plutonian System.
The image (which is a crop taken from an Original NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft's falsely colored and NON Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Phojournal with the ID n. 19709) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then re-colorized (according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga-LXTT-IPF) in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft and then looked ahead, towards the Plutonian moon Charon), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromiumSet 22, 2015
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Charon-PIA19709-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgCharon (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)89 visiteRemarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this wonderful image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (or "LORRI", for short), that was taken late on July 13, 2015, from a distance of about 289.000 miles (such as approx. 465.099,26 Km). A swath of Cliffs and Troughs stretches about 600 miles (approx. 1609,34 Km) from left (Sx) to right (Dx), suggesting the occurrence, in a remote past, of a widespread fracturing of Charon's Crust (likely a result of internal processes). At the upper righ (Dx) of the framet, along the moon's curving edge, there is a Canyon that is estimated to be approx. 4 to 6 miles (such as about 6,437 to roughly 9,656 Km) deep.
The Mission Scientists are surprised by the apparent lack of Impact Craters on Charon. South of the moon's Equator, at the bottom of this image, Terrain is lit by the slanting Rays of the Sun, and thus creating shadows that make it easier to distinguish its real Topography. Even here, however, relatively few Impact Craters are visible, and this circumstance indicates a (relatively speaking) young Surface that, probably, has been often reshaped by Geologic Activites.
In Charon's North Polar Regions, a dark marking - which was already prominent in the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft' approach images - is now seen to have a diffuse (---> lighter in color) Boundary, suggesting that it could be a thin Deposit of Dark Material. Underlying, it is a distinct, sharply bounded, Angular Surface Feature; higher resolution images still to come are expected to shed more light on this truly enigmatic Region.
The image (which is an Original NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft's falsely colored and NON Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Phojournal with the ID n. 19709) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then re-colorized (according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga-LXTT-IPF) in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft and then looked ahead, towards the Plutonian moon Charon), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromiumSet 22, 2015
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Nix-PIA19847-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgNix (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)62 visitePluto's tiny moon Nix (from the Latin word for "Snow"), is shown here in Absolute Natural Colors (as it was imaged by the NASA - New Horizons's Spacecraft "Ralph" instrument). This Celestial Body seems to have a global pinkish color, as well as a relatively large orange/ reddish spot that is located in its Southern Regions - perhaps, in our humble opinion, as IPF, a huge and deep Surface Depression - a "spot" that has - obviously - attracted the interest of the Mission Scientists.
The visual data shown here were obtained on the morning of July 14, 2015, and they were received on Earth on July 18.
At the time when this specific observation was taken, the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft was about 102.000 miles (such as approx. 164.152,68 Km) from Nix. The image shows Surface Features as small as approximately 2 miles (about 3,218 Km) across on Nix, which is estimated to be about 26 miles (such as approx. 41,84284 Km) long and, roughly, 22 miles (such as about 35,40548 Km) wide.
The image (which is an Original NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft's falsely colored and NON Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. 19847) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then re-colorized (according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga-LXTT-IPF) in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft and then looked ahead, towards the Plutonian moon Nix), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromiumSet 22, 2015
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Hydra-PIA19847-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgHydra (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)63 visitePluto's small, and highly irregularly shaped moon Hydra, is, finally (but just partly), revealed in this Absolute Natural Colors image taken from the NASA - New Horizons' Spacecraft LORRI instrument on July 14, 2015, from a distance of about 143.000 miles (such as approx. 230.135,62 Km). Surface Features as small as approx. 0,7 miles (such as about 1,26 Km) are visible on Hydra, which measures, roughly, 34 miles (approx. 54,71756 Km) in length.
The dark and elongated Surface Feature visible towards the South Pole of the moon could be - but we, as IPF, have no way to be sure) a huge Impact Crater, somohow conceptually similar, if you think about it, to the gigantic Stickney Crater which is located on the Martian moon Phobos.
The image (which is an Original NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft's b/w and NON Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. 19847) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then colorized (according to an educated guess carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga-LXTT-IPF) in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - New Horizons Spacecraft and then looked ahead, towards the Plutonian moon Hydra), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromiumSet 22, 2015
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Mist-of-Time~0.jpgIn Loving Memory79 visiteToday, now four years ago, my beloved Father, Dr Ugo Fienga, died, after a long and debilitating disease that consumed him for over five years. He was born in Salerno, on June, 6th, 1926.
Today, March 16, 2015, is raining over the town where I live, just like it did, four years ago, when my Father passed away.
I look around, and then I look inside myself and, sometimes, I think I can still find some Joy and Peace, while I am thinking about the days that my Father and I spent together. But one day, He already knew then, and I do know now, everything will become like ashes, and the Winds of Time shall sweep everything away, including us, our Memories, our Dreams and, God willing, our Sins too.
May God give rest to my Dad's Soul. Amen
Dr Paolo C. Fienga (PhD)
"...Omnia fert Aetas: animum quoque..."
(Virgilio)
MareKromiumMar 16, 2015
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Comets-Comet_Churyumov-Gerasimenko-cometCG01_rosetta_2048-MF-EB-LXTT-IPF.jpgA view of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko226 visiteUn "piccolo" Tributo dato dalla prestigiosa rubrica quotidiana NASA "Astronomy Picture Of The Day" ai nostri Amici e Partner, Marco Faccin ed Elisabetta Bonora. Guardate su http :// apod. nasa. gov/ apod/ astropix.html di lunedì, 15 Settenbre 2014. Complimenti, di Cuore! E, sia detto per Onestà Intellettuale, qui, Lunexit, non c'entra nulla. Il nostro è solo un Omaggio a due OTTIMI Partners. Ma Lunexit, su questo Lavoro, non ha credito alcuno.MareKromiumSet 15, 2014
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Cats_in_the_Darkness.jpgJust like Aliens...165 visiteAd un anno esatto dalla Morte della mia adorata Ginny, un'immagine che l'avrebbe fatta sorridere, anche nel momento di Dolore più profondo. Oltre ai Suoi Gatti, una Poesia, scritta da me, quale Omaggio alla Sua Memoria.
Che Dio abbia cura della Sua Anima e che, un giorno, me la faccia ritrovare e riabbracciare, oltre le brume di questa Vita mortale, oltre le contraddizioni, gli errori e le sofferenze che, spietatamente, sembrano caratterizzare l'Esistenza di molti. Troppi: Uomini ed Animali.
Una Preghiera per lei e per Noi Tutti.
Dr Paolo C. Fienga (PhD)
Il Soprabito Nero
La vedevo sin da lontano, ferma al Sole, con il suo Soprabito Nero,
Mentre aspettava qualcuno, chiusa nel Silenzio, perduta nell'Istante,
E con il volto segnato da una lunga malattia, che non lascia scampo,
Il capo, ormai nudo, mentre biancheggiava nel caldo Sole di Maggio...
Lei non cambiava mai, quando mi recavo a trovarla, in quella quieta Casa,
La Casa dove mille Anime, senza più Speranza, attendono una Degna Fine,
Mi avvicinavo a Lei, timoroso, dopo aver scrutato la vicina campagna,
E poi giungevo in quel parcheggio, sempre pieno di macchine, e di silenzio.
Lei non cambiava mai: uno sguardo perso nel vuoto, ma gli occhi aperti,
Il volto tirato, segnato da rughe ormai vecchie di cent'anni, o forse più,
In piedi, immobile, mentre il Vento passava sul Suo viso e la pallida fronte,
Come una Statua di Ghiaccio che, trepidamente, attende il proprio Fato...
Quando ero abbastanza vicino, allora non potevo distogliere più gli occhi,
Da quella sua smorfia, dipinta in uno stile che non saprei riconoscere,
Celata nel suo Soprabito Nero, che nascondeva le Ferite di tutta una Vita,
Immobile, mi aspettava, e si muoveva solo quando ero ad un passo da Lei...
Tutto ritorna, in questa Indefinibile Esistenza: tutto ritorna e si fa riconoscere,
Anche le immagini che non ho mai visto, ma che ho dentro di me, a volte,
Si manifestano e si rivelano, per quello che erano veramente, per loro stesse,
Tutto ritorna alla mente, adesso, in questo giorno di vento, mentre ricordo.
E cosa resta, ora, degli istanti vissuti nella Speranza di un Nuovo Giorno?
Che rimane del ridere, del piangere e delle lunghe corse versa la Salvezza?
Cosa rimane, o Dio, delle infinite Preghiere che Ti ho rivolto, negli anni,
E che rimasero inascoltate, o forse dimenticate, o perse, nell'Infinita Luce?
Solo un Soprabito Nero che, ora coperto di polvere e di memorie, si nasconde nell'armadio;
Come una sorta di Sudario, ma sempre portato con Dignità, anche quando il Peso era Grande;
Un Soprabito Nero, che mi ricorda il Suo Volto, bianco e sfinito, che inquieto osservava la Vita,
Mentre Essa se ne andava via, veloce, attraverso le ore che segnarono i Suoi ultimi passi...
E sarà quel Soprabito Nero, quello che io porterò, sulle mie spalle, nel Tempo che verrà:
Nella consapevolezza che né i miei rimorsi, né affetti, né rimpianti, ne cambieranno mai il colore.
So che un Soprabito Nero mi accompagnerà, per sempre, mentre i miei Sacrifici svaniranno,
Come polvere lasciata su un tavolo; come pensieri, perduti, nelle spire di una Vita troppo breve...MareKromiumLug 11, 2014
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NGC-1333~2.jpgNGC 1333119 visite...Ho sceso, dandoti il braccio, almeno un milione di scale
E, ora che non ci sei più, è il vuoto ad ogni gradino.
Anche così è stato breve, il nostro lungo viaggio.
Il mio dura tuttora, né più mi occorrono
Le coincidenze, le prenotazioni,
Le trappole, gli scorni di chi crede
Che la Realtà sia quella che si vede.
Ho sceso milioni di scale, dandoti il braccio
Non già perché con quattr'occhi forse si vede di più.
Con Te le ho scese perché sapevo che di noi due
Le sole, vere pupille, sebbene tanto offuscate,
Erano le Tue...
Poesia n. 5; Xenia II; Satyra - E. Montale - 1967MareKromiumLug 02, 2014
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The_Rainbow-MF-LXTT-IPF.jpgThe Endless Rainbow (by Marco Faccin/LXTT/IPF)156 visiteOggi, esattamente venti anni fa, mi sposavo con la mia - compianta - Ginny, nella Casa Comunale di Bresso (MI). Venti anni sono passati, tra gioie e sofferenze, ma comunque lungo le vie di una Vita vissuta intensamente, e trascorsa nel volgere di quello che, oggi, sembra solo un soffio. Vorrei sviluppare qualche riflessione ulteriore e filosofeggiare un po', ma mi accorgo che non me la sento. Oggi è Giorno di Memoria, in attesa del Primo Anniversario della Sua Morte, che cadrà l'11 Luglio prossimo. Una Preghiera per Ginny, ed una per tutti i nostri Cari che sono passati. E che un Arcobaleno senza Fine splenda per loro. E per noi.
Amen.
Grazie. Paolo C. FiengaMareKromiumGiu 18, 2014
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Unnamed_Impact_Crater_with_Pond-PIA18371-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgImpact's Melt "Pond" (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)125 visiteThis High-Resolution Contextual (CTX) Image, taken by NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft on the date of March, 10, 2014, shows us a few Ponds (---> small Lake-like Features) made of Impact Melt (remember that this kind of Surface Features appear to us way smoother than the Terrain which surrounds them).
In particular, these Melt Ponds (where the bigger one looks like some sort of a Flat Ellipse, with its Major Axis measuring approx. 1 Km - and visible at about 10 o' clock of the frame) were deposited (probably) as Fluid Ejecta (---> such as Ejecta made of liquid or semi-liquid Rock) coming from an Unnamed Impact Crater located to the North (top) of the picture, but not visible here.
Date acquired: March, 10th, 2014
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 36770132
Image ID: 5908036
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 63,77° North
Center Longitude: 254,70° East
Solar Incidence Angle: 72,5° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 17,5° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 6,3°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 78,9°
This picture (which is an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft's b/w and Map-Projected image published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 18371) has been additionally processed, contrast enhanced, Gamma corrected, magnified to aid the visibility of the details and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft and then looked outside, towards the Surface of Mercury), 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 other things, the existence of different Elements (Minerals) present on the Surface of Mercury, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.MareKromiumMag 17, 2014
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Lycus_Sulci-PIA18236-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgLycus Sulci in broad Daylight (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Elisabetta Bonora and Marco Faccin/LXTT/IPF)134 visiteIn this VIS image, taken by the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter on February, 26th, 2014, and during its 54.147th orbit around the Red Planet, we can see a very small (but well illuminated) portion of the Martian Region known as Lycus Sulci: a Complex Region - mostly covered by Ridges - thst is located on the Northern Side of the largest and tallest Mountain of the Solar System: the Shield-Volcano known as Olympus Mons.
On the illuminated Slopes of the Ridges, a number of Dark Striations (perhaps Seeps, or maybe simple Dust-Slides) can be easily spotted and, furthermore, if you look carefully at the picture, you will also be able to see, in between the Ridges themselves, a complex network of tiny Sand Ripples, Out of curiosiity, the term "Sulci" (from the Latin word "Sulcus") means a System of Sub-Parallel Furrows (---> long and narrow Trenches) and Ridges.
Latitude (centered): 31,6354° North
Longitude (centered): 220,3990° East
Instrument: VIS
This image (which is a crop taken from an Original Mars Odyssey Orbiter b/w and Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 18236) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and sharpened, Gamma corrected and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Mars Odyssey 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.MareKromiumMag 17, 2014
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