Archives for May 2008
The Money Shot!
Published on 26 May 2008 at 7:46 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Mars, Robotics, Space, Technology.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught the Phoenix probe parachuting in to its landing site!
Full Article here…
SWEEEEET!!!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Phoenix Images
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:32 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space, Uncategorized.
These guys are publishing these images faster than I can blog!
This image shows the horizon. This is again a very flat region, but there is interesting patterning on the surface. Perhaps this is due to freezing/thawing mechanisms.
Here is the link to the incoming images at the Phoenix Mission site.
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Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Phoenix Footpad Image!
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:26 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Robotics, Space.
Here is the first image back from Phoenix.
It is an image of the footpad. Clearly, the proble has landed on a level surface. No obvious sign of ice… yet?
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Phoenix Probe Lands on Mars
Published on 25 May 2008 at 10:19 pm.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space.
At 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received radio signals from the Mars Phoenix Lander confirming that it survived its landing in the north polar region of Mars.
The probe enters the Martian atmosphere at about 78 miles above the surface and begins decelerating from its space cruise velocity of […]
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Tips and Tricks for Photographing Ants
Published on 3 May 2008 at 2:51 pm.
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Filed under Biology, Ecology, Photography.
Alex Wild, a biologist at the University of Arizona, has a blog on insects, photography and life. He has an excellent article on tricks and tips for keeping ants relatively still while photographing them in their natural surroundings and while performing natural behaviors.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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