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SOL0138-1-GB-LXTT-IPF~0.jpgThe "Paving" of Yellowknife Bay - Sol 138 (an Image-Mosaic in Calibrated Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL0137-5-GB-LXTT-IPF.jpgYellowknife Bay - Sol 137 (an Image-Mosaic in Calibrated Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Gianluigi Barca/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL0270-EB-MF-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgSunset at Gale Crater - Sol 270 (a Martian Fantasy by Elisabetta Bonora, Marco Faccin and Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteIl frame è originale, l'elaborazione cromatica principale è stata fatta da Elisabetta Bonora (2di7) e Marco Faccin (Titanio44); il processing "psichedelico", con aggiunta del Sole calante, sono opera mia. Secondo me, questo risultato, per improbabile che possa essere, è bellissimo. Una "Fantasia Marziana": nulla di più.MareKromium
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OPP-SOL3325-PIA17078-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgHigh TAU at "Solander Point" - Sol 3325 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteThe NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity used its Panoramic Camera (or "PancCam") to acquire this view of "Solander Point", during the 3325th Martian Day, or Sol (such as June 1st, 2013, on Earth) of its Mission in the Region of Meridiani Planum. This Southward-looking scene shows "Solander Point" on the center horizon, "Botany Bay" in the foreground, and "Cape Tribulation" in the far background at left.
Botany Bay is a so-called Topographic "Saddle" exposing Sedimentary Rocks that are part of the Burns Formation, such as a Geological Unit that Opportunity examined during earlier years of the Mission. At Botany Bay, the Burns Formation is exposed between isolated remnants of Endeavour Crater's Rim. Solander Point and Cape Tribulation are just Rim Segments located to the South of Botany Bay. Opportunity is on the way to Solander Point to spend the upcoming Winter Season on a Northerly tilted Surface (so to be able to get more Sunlight on its Solar Panels). Extensive Rock Strata can be spotted on the Northern Side of Solander Point, and these ancient Rocks and surrounding Bench Materials will be investigated in detail by Opportunity as part of the Winter Science Campaign.
This frame (which is an Original NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) "Opportunity" Original Natural Color image published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal and identified by the ID n. PIA 17078) has been additionally processed, magnified and then re-colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a normal - meaning "in the average" - human eye would actually perceive if someone were on the Surface of Mars, near the NASA - Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity, and then looked ahead, towards the Horizon and Sky over Endeavour Crater), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.MareKromium
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Aeolian_Features-Windstreaks-SMP-PIA17683-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgWindstreaks in Syrtis Major Planum (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteIn this VIS image, taken by the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter on September, 24th, 2013, and during its 52.254th orbit around the Red Planet, we can see (an count) a series of at least 8 (eight) Windstreaks (probably the most common Aeolian - meaning Wind-caused/related - Surface Feature found on Mars), which are located in the (VERY dark, as far as its Albedo - Reflectivity - is concerned) Region known as Syrtis Major Planum.
Syrtis Major Planum - when observed through a telescope - looks like a "Dark Spot" (---> Albedo Feature) located at the Boundary between the Northern Lowlands and Southern Highlands of Mars, just West of the large Impact Basin known as Isidis Planitia. In fact, Syrtis Major Planum was discovered, on the base of data collected by the NASA - Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter, to be a low-relief Shield Volcano, when it was formerly believed to be just a Plain (and it was then known as Syrtis Major Planitia). The very dark color of its Surface comes - most likely - from the Basaltic Volcanic Rocks that form (---> are found all over) the Region and a corresponding (and relative) relative lack of the Red/Orange Dust that covers most of the Red Planet.
Latitude (centered): 5,90248° North
Longitude (centered): 69,73730° East
Instrument: VIS
This image (which is an Original Mars Odyssey Orbiter b/w and Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 17683) has been additionally processed, magnified, contrast enhanced, 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.MareKromium
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SOL0472-EB-MF-LXTT-IPF-00.jpgGold?!? - Sol 472 (an Image-Mosaic in Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Elisabetta Bonora and Marco Faccin/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteIl titolo del frame è una "provocazione", e non lo è. Mi è capitato, infatti, nella Vita, di vedere dell'Oro sia "libero" (le classiche "pepite" di fiume, ad esempio), sia ancora "incastonato" nella roccia (come è quello che viene estratto dalle miniere). L'elaborazione del frame, è in Colori Naturali, ed il Colore Naturale dell'Oro è proprio quello che caratterizza il dettaglio posto sul margine superiore dell'immagine. Sarà Oro davvero? Beh, su Marte, a quanto pare (ed in accordo a recentissime scoperte, ancora non pubblicizzate), esistono (o meglio: esisterebbero) Diamanti - anche di cospicue dimensioni - sparpagliati sulla Superficie. Se questo è vero, allora perché escludere la possibilità che vi sia anche dell'Oro (o altri Minerali, per noi Terrestri, preziosi) in bella vista, sulla Superficie di Marte?...MareKromium
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Tempe_Terra-DE-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgThe Last Days of Mars: Tempe Terra Region (Credits: Don Edwards and Paolo C. Fienga)86 visiteDear Friends of Lunar Explorer Italia and the Italian Planetary Foundation,
starting from January, 13th, 2014, we have decided to submit to your careful attention and consideration, 5 (five) "Martian Fantasies" which, in our opinion, may give you an idea about how Mars could have looked like near the end of its "Life" (as we know it, of course). We imagined the existence of some residual Wet-Lands (for instance, a few Lakes with some small River nearby), and a little Vegetation, located just in their immediate proximities.
And then ... a boundless Desert. In other words, only a few "Oasis of Life", made of residual Waters and a minimal Local Vegetation, and both completely surrounded by the yellow and orange Sands of a Desert which, in a (we believe, relatively) short amount of time, would have covered the entire Planet, and turned it into what we can see today.
This "Computer-made Reconstruction" shows you a portion of Tempe Terra, in a time that, as you can see, was VERY close to the complete desertification of the entire Region.
Note: for a better understanding of what we have been trying to show you here, please consider that in the locations where the color of the Residual Waters tends towards the green and a very light blue, it means that said Residual Waters are already very shallow; on the other hand, the darker the color of the Residual Waters gets, then the greater is their actual depth.
Please, some feedback on your side will be deeply appreciated and, therefore, do not hesitate to write to us and let us know what you think of these "Fantasies" which we have decided to entitle "The Last Days of Mars".
Thanks and enjoy!
Dr Paolo C. Fienga (PhD) - E-mail: alphacentauri@intercom.itMareKromium
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ZZ-Mercury-Craters-Unnamed_Craters-PIA17827-PCF-LXTT-IPF-2.jpgMercurian Nightfall (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteWith the Sun already extremely low in the Sky over this Mercurian Region located in the Northern Hemisphere of the Innermost Planet of the Solar System (the Sun is only about 8° above the imaged Local Horizon), the long, deep and dark Shadows created by this specific Spatial Configuration, accentuate the very uneven (---> highly irregular) nature of the Terrain.
This picture, which is just a Magnified Crop taken from yesterdy's frame, shows, to the most attentive Viewers, a very unusually-looking Surface Feature whose origin and nature cannot be identified with certainty. However, it could - probably - be an oblong Secondary Crater with a strange - and still illuminated - Central Peak, or, maybe, a Wall-like Relief that divides the Floor of a Pit Crater. Again, as we said herebefore, a definitive answer about what we are actually looking at, cannot be given at this time.
The Feature here, if you wish to take a look at the so-called Contextual Image (CTX Frame), is located on the lower portion of the frame, slightly towards the left (Sx).
Date acquired: November, 12th, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 26543484
Image ID: 5181047
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 67,11° North
Center Longitude: 249,80° East
Solar Incidence Angle: 82,0° (meaning that the Sun, at the time that the picture was taken, was about 8,0° above the imaged Local Mercurian Horizon)
Emission Angle: 36,9°
Sun-Mercury-Messenger (or "Phase") Angle: 118,9°
This picture (which is a crop taken by an Original NASA - MESSENGER Spacecraft's b/w and NON-Map-Projected image published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 17827) 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.MareKromium
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Hyperion-PIA17194-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFarewell Hyperion! Part II (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteThe NASA - Cassini Spacecraft's Imaging Scientists processed this view of Saturn's so-called "spongy" moon Hyperion, which was taken - just like yesterday's one - during a close Fly-By that occurred on May 31, 2015. This Fly-By marks the Mission's Final Close Approach to this Saturnian highly irregularly shaped moon. North on Hyperion is up and rotated 34° to the left (Sx).
The image was taken in Visible Light, with the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft's Narrow-Angle Camera - as we wrote herebefore - on May 31, 2015. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 24.000 miles (such as about 38.624,159 Km) from Hyperion and at a Sun-Hyperion-Cassini Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 46°. Image scale is roughly 145 feet (such as approx. 44,196 meters) per pixel. l.
This frame (which is an Original NASA - CASSINI Spacecraft's b/w and NON Map-Projected image published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 17194) has been additionally processed, contrast enhanced, magnified to help the visibility of the Surface details, Gamma corrected and then re-colorized - according to an educated guess (or, if you wish, an informed speculation) carried out by Dr Paolo C. Fienga - in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft and then looked outside, towards the Saturnian moon "Hyperion"), 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 Hyperion, each having a different Albedo (---> Reflectivity) and Chemical Composition.
Note: it is possible (but we, as IPF, have no way to be one-hundred-percent sure of such a circumstance), that the actual luminosity of Hyperion - as it is in this frame - would appear, to an average human eye, a little bit lower than it has been shown (or, better yet: interpreted) here.MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Pluto-Surface.jpgUnusually-looking Surface Features along the Plutonian Terminator86 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 16 Luglio 2015.
"An about 50 miles (such as approx. 80 Km) trip across Pluto would cover the distance indicated by the scale bar in this startling image.
The close-up of the icy world's rugged Equatorial Terrain was captured when the New Horizons Spacecraft was about 47.800 miles (approx. 77.000 Km) from the Surface, 1,5 hours (i.e.: 90 minutes) before its closest approach.
Rising to an estimated 11.000 feet (about 3500 meters), the Mountains visible here are likely composed of (mostly - added by Lunexit) Water Ice.
Suggesting surprising geological activity, they are also likely young with an estimated age of about 100 MY (Million Years). This speculation is based on the apparent absence of "fresh" Impact Craters.
The area pictured is near the base of Pluto's broad, bright and heart-shaped Region".MareKromium
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Z-05-IMG_20211016_111105430_HDR.jpgA look into the "Unknown"...86 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Z-07-IMG_20211016_111140131.jpgA look into the "Unknown"...86 visiteVedasi ancora AS 15-83-11218.MareKromium
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