[Tig] Mars Hi-Res

Jim Houston jdhouston at earthlink.net
Wed May 30 10:26:21 PDT 2007


On May 30, 2007, at 4:39 AM, Adrian Thomas wrote:
>
> On 30 May 2007, at 11:51, Rob Lingelbach wrote:
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>>
>> The images from HiRISE will be 20,000 x 40,000 pixels.  gives a new
>> perspective on resolution.
>>
>
> 25cm/pixel? I can get MUCH better resolution than that with my
> digital camera. Who are these HiRISE guys trying to kid?

Oh I don't know, it isn't a bad attempt for a camera 200 miles away
and moving at 11,000 miles per hour.  Now only if I could get my
digital camera to move that fast ('course I would want to go along
for the ride).

Jim Houston




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