Breathtaking Pictures from Mars Colour Camera of India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft

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Post by jigen » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 8:00 PM UTC

Breathtaking Pictures from Mars Colour Camera of India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft
isro.gov.in

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Post by melloclello » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 8:48 PM UTC

Not to denigrate ISRO's efforts, but is there a reason the pictures look so... VHS-y?

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Post by melling » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 9:08 PM UTC

This story jumped from 3/4 down the front page to the middle of the 2nd page while I was looking at the pictures. Being flagged?

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Post by jccooper » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 9:10 PM UTC

melloclello wrote: post #2

Not to denigrate ISRO's efforts, but is there a reason the pictures look so... VHS-y?

It's a 2048x2048 pixel camera, and is there mostly to provide context to the other sensors. While better than many historical probes, it is a bit low-res today. But NASA's MRO already has some great optics over Mars, so they probably figured hi-res visual survey wasn't the best use of their probe.

Also, it was probably cheaper and easier. After all, MOM is a "technology demonstrator".