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originally posted by: JamesChessman
originally posted by: idusmartias
a reply to: JamesChessman
Your efforts are appreciated but too much is being made of images that do not satisfy my optical nerves. What you see is what you get: fuzzy, over-pixelated images and wishful thinking. We have to wait and hope that superior, clear closeups will make the scene!
I completely agree that we need more images! However, it seems that China has tapped out, on releasing new images... after only publishing a total of THREE images! (That's counting both times that it was a big story in the news; it actually seems like there were more images published, but it's really only 3.)
So unfortunately, we're only left with the ONE image that actually shows the background.
(The posters above CLAIMED that there was a dump of 5,000 pics, but their link was not usable, and for all intents & purposes, they seemed to completely fabricate that claim, and then they both agreed with each other about it, lol. Talk about an INSIGHT into people's intentions, lol!)
...........
Now just for reference, like for anyone new who might be jumping into the thread at this late point, I'll just re-embed the image that we're discussing, the only ONE image that actually shows the background:
Brightened:
And then the close-up shot, which at first seemed so exciting, turns out to have its background blacked out with MS Paint paint-bucket, it would seem:
Brightened:
And finally, the new THIRD image, seems deliberately to AVOID the background, as much as possible, plus it's all low-resolution (compared to the original 2 images in much higher res).
Still, the edges of the background DO seem to contain forms.
Original:
Brightened and oversaturated, it's amazing that there's so much yellow color in the soil... as if maybe gold, or maybe just yellow sand:
originally posted by: JamesChessman
originally posted by: Ravenwatcher
Has the Rover made it there yet ?
The PUBLIC internet has received a total of 3 images.
This is the last one, i.e. the 3rd one, which deliberately avoids showing most of the background:
Brightened & oversaturated, background seems to show vague shapes, and the soil is surprisingly yellow, like gold or yellow sand:
Zoom onto a rock, which is supposedly the Mystery Hut object itself, with no background included:
^Note that the shadow looks cast from a rectangular building, while the rock looks round.
My you get grumpy without your sleepy time.
You were given links to thousands (yes thousands, each link I gave you showed a count) of images taken by the yutu-2 rover. I wasn't the first to give you the link, I just elaborated on it...
Now, because the rest of the world didn't spoon feed you quickly enough you throw a hissy fit.
It is not my problem if you're incapable of figuring out which button to click to get the English version of the site
how to register to download the freely available data.
Simple fact is that not everyone's every waking moment is occupied with wiping your ass - if you didn't get your question answered fast enough, do some legwork of your own.
...you have been given working links to images taken by the yutu-2 rover.
Posting a screenshot of a page you said you couldn't get to...
Had you kept a civil tongue in your head people might be more inclined to help you out.
originally posted by: Ophiuchus1
a reply to: JamesChessman
The odd thing about the pictures in your last post???
No starfield in the surrounding horizon space background….
Hmmmm🤔
👽🛸🍺
originally posted by: Vector J
Hi JamesChessman,
For some reason I can't attach an image (I've not logged into my account for many years, so am not really sure how any more!), but I can see how to register on the site OneBigMonkeyToo has directed you too. If you click the 'login' button, top right on the webpage, you get a little box that allows you to put in your user details, or as in your case, also register - there's a blue button that says Register there.
If you click that, you'll get a new popup window on the page after a few moments that will allow you to enter your details and register on the site.
I hope that helps!...
originally posted by: JamesChessman
originally posted by: Ophiuchus1
a reply to: JamesChessman
The odd thing about the pictures in your last post???
No starfield in the surrounding horizon space background….
Hmmmm🤔
👽🛸🍺
^Well, I agree with you that it's worth considering.
Do YOU have any particular moon photos / vids that you consider pinpointed as definite proof that the content is fake?
I think that's what you were getting at, correct?
Lunar and Planet Exploration Program Ground Application System (GRAS), one of the five systems in our nation’s Lunar Exploration Program, is the channel for receiving exploration data from lunar exploration satellites, the managing center during satellite payload operation stage, the center for exploration data processing and managing, and the application and research center carrying out set scientific goals and scientific values. GRAS is also responsible for the unsealing, classification, preparation, storage, sample information management, distribution, use, return and disposal of extraterrestrial samples according to authorization.
GRAS has successfully completed the exploration missions of the first, second and third phases of the lunar exploration program. At present, it is executing the chang'e-4 mission and Tianwen-1 mission.
The Tianwen-1 data used in this work is processed and produced by the Ground Research and Application System (GRAS) of China’s Lunar and Planetary Exploration Program, provided by China National Space Administration (moon.bao.ac.cn...). The data used in this manuscript are available at moon.bao.ac.cn... Datasets generated or analysed during this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Source data are provided with this paper.
originally posted by: Vector J
Hi JamesChessman,
For some reason I can't attach an image (I've not logged into my account for many years, so am not really sure how any more!), but I can see how to register on the site OneBigMonkeyToo has directed you too. If you click the 'login' button, top right on the webpage, you get a little box that allows you to put in your user details, or as in your case, also register - there's a blue button that says Register there.
If you click that, you'll get a new popup window on the page after a few moments that will allow you to enter your details and register on the site.
I hope that helps!...
originally posted by: Vector J
a reply to: JamesChessman
I'm afraid I can only tell you the exact same info as you'd get for looking at it yourself.
This is the english version of the home page
It has an extensive about page Here's the first couple paragraphs:
Lunar and Planet Exploration Program Ground Application System (GRAS), one of the five systems in our nation’s Lunar Exploration Program, is the channel for receiving exploration data from lunar exploration satellites, the managing center during satellite payload operation stage, the center for exploration data processing and managing, and the application and research center carrying out set scientific goals and scientific values. GRAS is also responsible for the unsealing, classification, preparation, storage, sample information management, distribution, use, return and disposal of extraterrestrial samples according to authorization.
GRAS has successfully completed the exploration missions of the first, second and third phases of the lunar exploration program. At present, it is executing the chang'e-4 mission and Tianwen-1 mission.
This is their page with the Moon data. Looks like Only CE-4 and earlier can actually be downloaded (assuming you register). If you look at the page and it's not in english, there is a link top-middle-left that says English that you can click on.
It doesn;t look like anything more than an email address and anme details is required to register and therefore have access, but I'm not personally interested in signing up, so I'm afraid you'll need to register yourself and find out.
According to Nature, in the Data Availability section, yes the website is related to the Chinese National Space Agency:
The Tianwen-1 data used in this work is processed and produced by the Ground Research and Application System (GRAS) of China’s Lunar and Planetary Exploration Program, provided by China National Space Administration (moon.bao.ac.cn...). The data used in this manuscript are available at moon.bao.ac.cn... Datasets generated or analysed during this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Source data are provided with this paper.
The images do not appear to be on Google most likely for the fact that they are not hosted in a purely publically accessible format, you need to register and then appear to have free access to them.
I'm unsure why you've not been able to find any of this information yourself in the past 3 months? It took me 10 minutes. If you have been able to register to post on this website, then I can see it being no more challenging to register to that website to get access to the images you've been told about.
I hope that helps!...
This is their page with the Moon data. Looks like Only CE-4 and earlier can actually be downloaded (assuming you register).
... but I'm not personally interested in signing up, so I'm afraid you'll need to register yourself and find out.
According to Nature, in the Data Availability section, yes the website is related to the Chinese National Space Agency:
The images do not appear to be on Google most likely for the fact that they are not hosted in a purely publically accessible format, you need to register and then appear to have free access to them.
I'm unsure why you've not been able to find any of this information yourself in the past 3 months? It took me 10 minutes.
originally posted by: Vector J
a reply to: JamesChessman
So I just threw on a VPN and had a go myself. I was able to register on the main site just fine. I got a couple of error pop ups when I tired (in Chrome) which were in chineses and I just stuck into google translate. First error was my user name was long enough, second one it didn't like my first throwaway email address with hotmail but was fine with my other at gmail. The I put in the code wrong, oops, but then it was fine.
I tried logging into the Moon page with that info, but it didn't recognise it - weird. So I used the Register button on the Moon page (the first one I told you about) and re-registered there. And boom, I was in. Didn't need to go click anything in my email, I just imeadietly had access. I even downloaded the data set first on the CE-4 page. I didn't open it, immeadietly securely removed it from my PC, as whilst I'm sure it's fine, I don't personally want it on my machine.
So the site works just fine. You might be trying to access it in the wrong browser and so aren't seeing the popups explaining any registration error (in chinese, but just copy and paste into google translate). And it seems the registration on the main page and the Moon page are somehow different, so just register on the Moon page itself.
So please stop saying that the public can't register, as I'm the public, and not in China, and I just registered just fine.
I hope that helps!...
originally posted by: Vector J
a reply to: JamesChessman
Please see my post directly above yours.
You tried registering on the main page, which I too had trouble with, but was able to succesfully do, as detailed. However that registration didn;t then work over on the Moon page. So I registered on the Moon page, as detailed, and it was absolutely fine and could merrily download a dataset.
So it definitely does work. I can't speak to the content, I'm just trying to help a fellow member get access to something they've been having trouble with...