NASA and ESA Assorted gif: December 2023

2023-12-26

Sol 4039: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

autofocus gif

Sol 4039: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4039

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

2023-12-25

Mars Express Phobos gif

Target Phobos Mission Mars Express Instrument HRSC Processing Level 2

Version3.0 Wavelength Range VIS, NIR

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/psa-acknowledgement

Assembled by Barley Culiner with NASAView and GIMP

2023-12-23

Mars Helicopter Sol 942: Color Camera gif

Filamentous Cyanobacteria? (likely reflection off of the rover)

Mars Helicopter Sol 942: Color Camera gif

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.

Images was acquired on Oct. 14, 2023 (Sol 942 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 10:11:03 to 12:50:48.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

above image cropped, original video:

https://www.montclair.edu/water-science/freshwater-cyanobacteria-of-new-jersey/visual-guide-to-cyanobacteria-in-new-jersey/filamentous/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacterial_morphology#Movement

2023-12-17

Phobos by Mars Express

ESA.INT

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION INSTRUMENT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)

Mars Express ASPERA-3 R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)

HRSC G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)

MARSIS G. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)

MRS M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)

OMEGA J.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)

PFS M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)

SPICAM F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)

VMC A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

MARS EXPRESS

ESA.INT

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION INSTRUMENT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)

Mars Express ASPERA-3 R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)

HRSC G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)

MARSIS G. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)

MRS M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)

OMEGA J.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)

PFS M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)

SPICAM F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)

VMC A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Assembled by Barley Culiner with NASAView and GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 990: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) dust devil gif

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.

This image was acquired on Dec. 2, 2023 (Sol 990) at the local mean solar time of 13:07:15 to 13:08:40.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP