Kaguya some new moon images

This is a slide show
wms.selene.jaxa.jp...
from
wms.selene.jaxa.jp...
And this is a movie
wms.selene.jaxa.jp...
Not very Spectacular but new to me they do not look right almost like a model.
See what you think better than nothing about time too.
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[edit on 053131p://2009-07-13T05:58:09-05:00137 by mars1]

I supose we will just have to wait a little for image's from.
Chandrayaan-1
www.isro.gov.in...
These are old but if you havent seen them here they are.
I can not wait to see some more of these image's.
www.nasa.gov...
Not long now i hope.
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I get the same "model" impression when I see the Kaguya images.
I can't really put my finger on what it is but something just seems not quite right.

But then again I get the same vibe from a lot of astronomy photos, like the ones of Saturn and the moons of Mars, like this one: (large image!)



Maybe it's because the optical conditions are so different from what we are used to, or maybe it's something else...

Looking forward to the images from Chandrayaan-1

Originally posted by mars1
And this is a movie
wms.selene.jaxa.jp...
Not very Spectacular but new to me they do not look right almost like a model

That's because it is a model. There are two Terrain cameras that point in opposite directions. One facing forwards and the other backwards. With these images they can create a stereo image which they can use to generate a 3d topographical map of the surface on the computer. They also use the images themselves as a texture that's applied to the 3d model. It's just like Google Earth with it's 3d surface.

EDIT: I'll include this link as well. It talks in more detail how the Camera works www.selene.jaxa.jp...

[edit on 13-7-2009 by jra]

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Are any of these images proper ones or are they just stills from the move they show on that site.
Thank you for that model bit
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[edit on 073131p://2009-07-13T07:45:18-05:00137 by mars1]

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The images in the slide show are actual images of the Lunar surface taken with the HDTV camera.

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Thanks for that and did you see this the other day
www.lunarworldrecord.com...
Got from this thread www.abovetopsecret.com...
Not bad but i want to see some Lunar Reconnaissance pics how long do you think we will have to wait.
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Originally posted by mars1
Not bad but i want to see some Lunar Reconnaissance pics how long do you think we will have to wait.
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New LRO images are being posted here:
wms.lroc.asu.edu...

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Thanks for that ngchunter just downloaded all images.
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