Movies of the Huygens landing on Titan

[mmcirvin]

I've linked to various attempts to piece together the photos from the Huygens Titan probe into mosaics before, but this release really puts it all together: simulated videos of the whole descent reconstructed from the Huygens imagery. They've got a relatively cinematic view with narration, and a fisheye view annotated with lots of information about the descent, including a soundtrack and overlays indicating instrument activity and spacecraft motion.

Also, the "cat scratches" in the Cassini radar pictures are now being identified as fields of sand dunes.

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[pentomino.livejournal.com]

In other news, the robot on Mars got stuck in the sand again, adversely affecting Strong Bad's prom.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I remember that there was some early amateur speculation about the post-landing pictures showing some hard-to-identify motion in the frame. It sounds as if that's now known to have been the shadow of the parachute.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think I was misinterpreting the narration... the shadow would have passed too early, judging from the other video.

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Does Michel Gondry work for NASA now?