Pics from European Space Agency's Mars Express

[matt426malm]

Hi res pic

Pretty sweet picture

750k pic with 3d representation

bottom is 3d representation of the picture above

Onboard instruments

The Mars Express Orbiter instruments will:

* image the entire surface at high resolution (10 m/pixel) and selected areas at super resolution (2 m/pixel)

* produce a map of the mineral composition of the surface at 100 m resolution

* map the composition of the atmosphere and determine its global circulation

* determine the structure of the sub-surface to a depth of a few kilometres

* determine the effect of the atmosphere on the surface

* determine the interaction of the atmosphere with the solar wind

videos of what the mission is planning to do

spacecraft specs

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Very interesting topography visible in that picture: I see evidence of active fault lines, erosion due to winds, and is that a dried-up lake bed I see or just an empty volcano crater?

 

[PowerMacG5]

They looking for Beagle 2 with that?

 

[matt426malm]

part of Valles Marineris getting the ESA's pics in a moment

 

[Kerouactivist]

sorry but, that picture sucks
it looks like a painting

 

[matt426malm]

750k and 17mb full view of canyon seems to busy at the moment

 

[matt426malm]

 

[matt426malm]

just added info on the onboard instruments at the bottom

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: bthorny
sorry but, that picture sucks
it looks like a painting

thats the first thing i thought :/

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: bthorny
sorry but, that picture sucks
it looks like a painting

thats the first thing i thought :/

High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC)

"The HRSC will image the entire planet in full colour, 3D and with a resolution of about 10 metres. Selected areas will be imaged at 2-metre resolution. One of the camera's greatest strengths will be the unprecedented pointing accuracy achieved by combining images at the two different resolutions. Another will be the 3D imaging which will reveal the topography of Mars in full colour." from the ESA's site

It's 3d because it is a stereo camera? I don't know that much about camera's.

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
They looking for Beagle 2 with that?

It has a 2-meter resolution so it actually could look for the beagle! This orbiter is going to take some great pictures.

 

[Kerouactivist]

Am I missing something, can you zoom in on it or something?

 

[matt426malm]

first link's fixed now guess space.com rearranged something

 

[THELAIR]

wonder if they will release 2m high res shots of 'the face on mars' and the pyramids. Where is that? Caledonia or somthing on Mars?

 

[matt426malm]

Mars Express pics of Olympus Mons

Mars Express Vids
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few more

pretty sweet the way it takes 3d images