snapshots from space: citizen participation in space missionsthrough image processing
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Snapshots from Space:Citizen Participation in Space MissionsThrough Image Processing
Emily LakdawallaThe Planetary Society
Jim BellCornell University
Image: NASA / JPL / Gordan Ugarkovic
Who are amateur imageprocessors?
Amateurs make beautiful pictures from old and new space data
Amateurs’ goal is usually to answer question:What would it look like if I were there?
Space agencies should use these people!
(They want to be used)
Following the Mars Exploration Rover mission
James Canvin (U.K.), http://nivnac.co.uk/mer/
NASA / JPL / Cornell / James CanvinOpportunity drive direction pan sol 2369 (infrared/synthetic green/blue)
NASA / JPL / Cornell / James CanvinOpportunity drive direction pan sol 2379 (infrared/synthetic green/blue)
NASA / JPL / Cornell / James CanvinOpportunity pan sol 2420 – Intrepid crater (enhanced color)
NASA / JPL / Cornell / James CanvinOpportunity pan sol 2433 – Hecla crater (enhanced color)
Lovingly reconstructing “true-color” versions of Voyager images
Björn Jónsson (Iceland), http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/
NASA / JPL / Björn Jónsson Voyager 2 Jupiter approach mosaic (OGV, color adjusted)
(O, synthetic green, V)
New discoveries in old data:Voyager and Viking
Ted Stryk (USA), http://planetimages.blogspot.com/Daniel Macháček (Czech Republic)
NASA / JPL / Ted StrykNeptune with Despina transit & shadow transit (OGBV)
NASA / JPL / Ted StrykNeptune with Despina transit & shadow transit (OGBV)
NASA / JPL / Daniel Macháček Viking 1 landing site with dust storm and Phobos shadow
NASA / JPL / Daniel Macháček Viking 1 landing site with dust storm and Phobos shadow
NASA / JPL / Daniel Macháček Viking 1 landing site with dust storm and Phobos shadow
NASA / JPL / Daniel Macháček Viking 1 landing site with dust storm and Phobos shadow
The Planetary Societysupports amateurs
We now administer discussion forum, unmannedspaceflight.com 2500 members have uploaded 5.5 GB
attachments High number of “lurkers”
We are raising funds for dedicated image gallery to launch next year, amateurspaceimages.com
48% N. America41% Europe6% Asia4% Australia
Bjorn’s Jupiter mosaic goes viral
Hayabusa return
Phoenix landing
“How to rescue the Mars rovers” goes viral
Alan Boyle: “you’ve gotta see this!” MER view of Earth & Venus
Phoenix MECA perchlorate flap
LCROSS Impact
UnmannedSpaceflight.com: Viral events superposed on background traffic
Amateurspaceimages.com
Database-driven, with images, credits, captions
Anyone may submit an image Images to be vetted by moderation
team Images will be easy to share via
social networks Launch in March
Image: NASA / JPL / Cornell / Glen NagleSpirit sol 743 Home Plate pan, rover model inserted
Thank you
Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Societyhttp://planetary.org/blog