Simeon Schmauß

I believe fredk is only active on this discord server and maybe facebook, but I might be mistaken. This is their website: https://cosm.ca/msl/details.html
I might make a version of this myself sometime, but I know [@Landru79](https://astrodon.social/@Landru79 ) is already working on one, maybe check his BlueSky page tomorrow.
@npub1mvn…s2a0 @npub1pct…f46x

2026-05-04 19:21:17 UTC

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Yeah, there is no go-around with a glider, so we have to practice landings very well before departing on such a flight.
There are established meadows that are (probably) safe to land and we always keep them in safe gliding distance in case the thermals run out.
I really like the challenge of it, plus its a very calm and peaceful way of flying.

2026-05-04 13:42:58 UTC

Some photos from the glider flight I did on Saturday - my furthest one so far, crossing through Austria and well into the Swiss Alps!
It's always a joy to see these amazing mountains from above!
https://www.weglide.org/flight/1066653
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/516/580/946/509/670/original/16e70a0101d5e858.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/516/588/555/188/542/original/6565328dc9aacff7.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/516/589/516/349/641/original/d659e7dc6466d289.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/516/590/568/441/526/original/15f6f4c4f3c3b4ee.jpg

2026-04-22 17:37:03 UTC

Oh my! "Transcendent" really is a fitting title for this video.
Ethereal views of the Earth and the aurora from the ISS, magnificently processed by @npub12g5…4qf6!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtSKASTJOn8
#timelapse #space #ISS #NASA #aurora

2026-04-15 21:46:55 UTC

This is pretty niche stuff, but the Artemis II Orion-to-Earth audio is slowly beeing added to the Internet archive. (still missing the lunar flyby as of writing this post) #Artemis
https://archive.org/details/Artemis-II-ACR-Collection

2026-04-15 13:27:18 UTC

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This video isn't an uninterrupted timelapse but rather combines several intermittent image sequences that were captured during the flyby.
It was originally published by NASA on Instagram. Most of these frames have not been published in full quality yet.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW7AKrtjQQl/
I spent a lot of time stabilizing the images since the original video was very jumpy and flickery. I also used frame interpolation to make the motion in the video a bit smoother.

2026-04-15 13:26:45 UTC

The Total Solar Eclipse from Artemis II
This image sequence was captured by a modified GoPro on the solar array of the Orion spacecraft while the Artemis II mission flew around the farside of the moon.
Credit: NASA/Simeon Schmauß
#Artemis #Nasa #Moon #Eclipse #space #zodiacallight #Orion
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/408/931/704/591/109/original/50e8cc04bc97b105.mp4

2026-04-09 21:26:16 UTC

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I spent the afternoon and evening color correcting and stabilizing the video. This proved rather difficult because the video already had some kind of processing applied to it.
Original: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260401-MH-NAS01-0001-Artemis_II_Launch_WB57_Visible

2026-04-09 21:25:51 UTC

Amazing views of the Artemis II launch filmed from NASA's WB-57 high altitude aircraft
Full duration on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pa-dMk2VnUg
#Artemis #NASA #SLS #Moon #rocket #space

2026-04-09 12:45:50 UTC

I uploaded a video with all four available tracking views of the Artemis II launch next to each other.
https://youtu.be/ydUeuJvZ97s
#Artemis #NASA #SLS #Moon #rocket #space

2026-04-08 22:25:37 UTC

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You can have one for the low low price of a kidney
https://www.astroshop.de/teleskope/planewave-dallnkirkham-teleskop-dk-610-3962-cdk24-astrograph/p,77486

2026-04-08 22:18:26 UTC

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This was captured by MARS Scientific for the Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team at NASA Langley Research Center.
They have some absolutely massive tracking telescopes so the sharpness and clarity of this video is just stunning.
https://MarsScientific.com
https://scifli.larc.nasa.gov
Original color: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260401-MH-SFL01-0001-Artemis_II_UCS15_D1_QUICKLOOK_STABILIZED-M19183
Original NIR: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260401-MH-SFL01-0001-Artemis_II_UCS9_NIR_QUICKLOOK_STABILIZED-M19183
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/371/398/407/011/553/original/869961db39ca08cd.jpg

2026-04-08 22:16:32 UTC

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There is also a Near Infrared version that has even more clarity due to the longer wavelength that is less affected by the atmosphere.
https://youtube.com/shorts/SJ7aMoRa0wA
#Artemis #NASA #SLS #Moon #rocket #space

2026-04-08 22:14:54 UTC

This is possibly the most incredible tracking video of a rocket launch that I have ever seen, and Shuttle had some really incredible videos too!
Just look at those gorgeous flame dynamics and then the booster separation...
https://youtube.com/shorts/a1uvU8Y7h10
#Artemis #NASA #SLS #Moon #rocket #space

2026-04-08 07:35:37 UTC

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This feaver dream of an administration can't be over soon enough!

2026-04-07 23:09:48 UTC

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Wow, I also missed this intentionally but LMAO 😂

2026-04-07 23:01:39 UTC

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If you missed that live I highly recommend taking a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxBmis0?si=Q3Hdnl1ctKvUAxlk&t=29027

2026-04-07 23:01:32 UTC

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I was ready to go to bed late last night, but continued to listen to the audio descriptions from the astronauts which were incredibly captivating. In my mind I was painting a picture of this scene, and the images certainly didn't disappoint.
This is a HDR merge combining the long exposure art002e009573 with the shorter art002e009571. I also fixed the motion blurred stars with deconvolution and applied some noise reduction and slight color adjustmens.

2026-04-07 22:59:39 UTC

I really can't stop looking at this photo - We usually think of space as being entirely empty and dark, but our Sun has a lot of dust around it that we can rarely see. This so called Zodiacal light is giving the moon this eerie backlit glow.
And four people really have been there and witnessed this yesterday, absolutely blows my mind!
Credit: NASA
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Full quality: https://flic.kr/p/2s6ionW
#Artemis #Nasa #Moon #Eclipse #space #zodiacallight #orion
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/365/895/154/800/155/original/718134cd85c320ab.jpg

2026-04-05 20:12:46 UTC

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Thanks for the fun challenge and thanks for all you do for the OSGeo community!

2026-04-05 19:41:52 UTC

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The resulting transformation has an RMS error of ~1.7px which might be limited by the precision of my GCPs and the fact that +tpers ignores the oblateness and just uses a spherical Earth.
Below two comparisons between the datasets:
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/353/776/056/586/956/original/40f7033d6bfa9f16.mp4
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/353/792/441/847/762/original/74b47bcb682b7642.mp4

2026-04-05 19:28:34 UTC

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This required switching to the tilted perspective projection which needs tilt and azimuth values that can't directly be calculated.
At this point I gave in to the LLM temptation and had Codex write me a custom optimization routine to fit the affine transform, tilt value and even optimize the capture time since the EXIF time is often slightly off.

2026-04-05 19:22:41 UTC

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I converted the Ephemeris file published by NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/track-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-in-real-time/) to a Spice kernel, then used Spice to calculate the sub-observer point and distance to make an initial nsper projection. I then used QGIS to georeference the image to the NASA BlackMarble night light image (https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/earth-at-night/maps/).
Unfortunately, an affine transform couldn't fit this perfectly, since the image is not exactly pointed to nadir and needs perspective correction.

2026-04-05 19:20:01 UTC

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After frankly putting in way too much time to solve this problem I have come up with the following:
Custom CRS:
+proj=tpers +lat_0=-1.6359082148 +lon_0=-17.4323556611 +h=10290019.124 +tilt=-4.15 +azi=121.5 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs
World file coefficients:
2696.573432377803783
-1200.914091298234780
-1217.796090473256299
-2692.426978579904244
-5220974.110484968870878
7596838.538583464920521
#Artemis

2026-04-05 10:11:04 UTC

Another Gem from the archives:
Separation of the ICPS (Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage)
https://images.nasa.gov/details/cmasaw1_20260402015754_3
#Artemis #Artemis2 #NASA #Orion #Moon
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/351/549/233/740/860/original/fa856688943c0845.mp4

2026-04-04 08:20:20 UTC

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I'm glad to see those cameras are on board again since they already provided stunning views of the reentry for the Artemis I mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbYrs5SZ5M

2026-04-04 08:19:35 UTC

Fresh from the NASA archives:
Two stunning views from the Launch Abort System Jettison
Original video here:
https://images.nasa.gov/details/Launch%20Abort%20System%20Jettison%20-%20Two%20Views
I have made some slight color adjustments and reverted the SuperView distortion used by these modified GoPro cameras.
#Artemis #Artemis2 #NASA #Orion #Moon
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/345/449/499/638/134/original/c7c34878279a4927.mp4

2026-04-03 16:43:08 UTC

Astronaut Chris Williams managed to capture this cool image of the Artemis II exhaust plume from the ISS.
Original: https://flic.kr/p/2s5xGkc
Credit: NASA/Chris Williams
#NASA #Artemis2 #ISS #space
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/341/771/244/139/806/original/dad3a321662d8282.jpg

2026-04-02 16:05:43 UTC

RE: https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-c8c98246-5138cded57c895d1
Some cool new pictures and interesting preliminary findings about 3I/Atlas from the JUICE flyby last November.
The article also features my processing of the NavCam image sequence :)
#space #esa #comet #3iatlas
#note1up6…78qd

2026-04-02 16:04:15 UTC

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Despite the challenges it looks very nice!

2026-03-23 15:09:33 UTC

Last November the ESA JUICE Spacecraft captured the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas shortly after its closest approach to the sun.
Here is my reprocessed version of the Juice NavCam images from this encounter. For this animation I removed the static noise and aligned the images to the nucleus.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß CC-BY-SA
#esa #space #comet #3IAtlas
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/279/101/178/857/019/original/bc006019d5d79abc.mp4

2026-02-11 15:48:44 UTC

This is a real timelapse video of the Moon transiting in front of the Earth.
It was captured by the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft in November 2022 while flying at it's furthest point from the Earth.
The video covers about 3.75 hours of real time.
#Artemis1 #Artemis #Moon #NASA #space
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/052/773/204/715/851/original/4372b98ea203a3fb.mp4

2026-01-31 12:05:06 UTC

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This video was recently published by #ESA, but it was extremely dark, so it was hard to see details.
Thanks to the ESA media team who provided me with a higher quality version, I was able to recover lots of shadow details and correct the hotpixel noise.
Original: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/12/Nature_s_fireworks_from_space
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/989/614/291/519/042/original/d452e69efffed4ce.mp4

2026-01-31 12:03:12 UTC

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Here is another incredible photo from the ISS showing a gigantic jet over Mexico.
https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/114879673339439777
#note1e2x…093z

2026-01-31 12:02:30 UTC

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You can actually see the small blue leader develop above the cloud before it fully discharges as a gigantic jet with vibrant purple and red colors.
After the jet disappears, the leader flickers a few times and surprisingly produces a second jet shortly afterwards. That's something I have not seen before!

2026-01-31 12:02:09 UTC

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Gigantic jets (part of the Transient Luminous Event phenomena) typically form over intense tropic thunderstorms. Current research suggest they are initiated by intra-cloud lightning that triggers a discharge up into the ionosphere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning#Gigantic_jets

2026-01-31 12:01:21 UTC

You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a Gigantic Jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 as part of the DTU/ESA Thor-Davis experiment.
[WARNING: Video contains flashing lights!]
https://youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
#space #ISS #thunderstorm #lightning #giganticjet #transientluminousevent #nasa #esa
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/989/673/835/526/804/original/8e47f086cf5e9257.mp4

2026-01-01 20:36:43 UTC

Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa.
Happy New Year everyone!
#astrophotography #jupiter #space
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/821/757/130/600/946/original/0f280340cb6c3665.png

2025-12-04 22:03:42 UTC

The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
See here for the official ESA release: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Comet_3I_ATLAS_shows_activity_in_Juice_navigation_camera_teaser
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/663/551/762/974/477/original/df7e139b287b4062.png
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2025-10-02 16:19:12 UTC

This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.
It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭
Full res: https://flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Deimos #twilight
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/305/466/731/407/743/original/c1bc7704cedfeb12.jpg

2025-09-13 21:56:50 UTC

The sun was just 10 degrees above the horizon when NASA's Perseverance rover captured this morning view of Nili Planum yesterday. The rim of Jezero crater is casting a long shadow over the rover and foreground landscape.
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rt54pJ
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/199/262/696/191/069/original/f149cf37d3aee044.jpg

2025-08-30 16:49:50 UTC

Peekaboo!
#przewalski #horse #photography
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/118/737/802/570/031/original/9dfd91f8b0c3e0f5.jpg

2025-08-04 17:49:30 UTC

Just a few hours ago, the Perseverance rover captured this afternoon view of some wispy clouds above the Nili Planum region on Mars.
https://flic.kr/p/2rkCrHu
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Clouds
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/971/754/997/603/748/original/b70c7f1e6daeb77b.jpg

2025-07-22 20:50:14 UTC

I just realized I never shared pictures of the red sprites, that I caught last year on August 14th.
They occured over a large thunderstorm complex in the Franche-Comté region in France, about 400 km from my location.
https://kachelmannwetter.com/de/stormtracking/franche-comte/20240813-2310z.html
#Photography #thunderstorm #lightning #weather #RedSprites #tle
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/898/847/636/036/771/original/b9e771589bc83b6d.jpg

2025-07-19 11:31:43 UTC

On July 3rd, astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare Gigantic jet from the ISS. These upward directed electrical discharges extend 90-100 km high into the atmosphere.
I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.
Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK
Image Credit: Nichole Ayers / NASA JSC / ESRS / Simeon Schmauß
#ISS #lightning #thunderstorm #Photography #giganticjet #tle #transientluminousevent #NASA
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/879/665/767/442/254/original/c24eff1668d0acb3.jpg

2025-05-11 21:00:28 UTC

Perseverance captured a new selfie yesterday, to celebrate 1500 Sols on Mars.
The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove.
Full Panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/perseverance-watson-selfie-near-sally-s-cove-sol-1500/vr
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/491/194/546/686/675/original/f7b0201583c89aaf.mp4

2025-03-12 22:26:00 UTC

Quick reminder, tonight at 6:30 p.m. CDT (one hour from now) I will be presenting my virtual #LPSC2025 poster about mars rover photogrammetry and image processing.
You can find the zoom link on my iPoster, or if you comment under this post I'll send it to you via DM.
https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/114134685252462628

2025-03-09 21:51:26 UTC

With #LPSC2025 about to start, it's time to share what I've been working on during the last months.
This is a new high resolution 3D model of the Mont Mercou outcrop, that I made during my recent internship at LPG Nantes. 🧵
#Mars #NASA #Curiosity #MSL #planetaryscience #photogrammetry
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/134/676/225/614/094/original/b57eaa8b14f7d442.mp4

2025-03-07 17:58:22 UTC

Another one bites the (Moon)dust!
This is Intuitive Machines' #IM2 lander that once again toppled over after trying to land on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole.
The picture had lots of detail hidden in the shadows which I brought out in processing.
#IntuitiveMachines #CLPS #NASA #Moon #Earth
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/122/440/257/051/936/original/8521f3dc0def12eb.jpg

2025-03-03 13:19:29 UTC

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This little fella is a #tardigrade and I absolutely adore how chubby it is with it's eight little legs. Slowly floating through space - umm I mean a water droplet.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/695/926/405/388/original/d201f289939a6a60.mp4

2025-03-03 13:18:31 UTC

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To understand what was even going on, I took another video at 4x slow motion and a different imaging technique (phase contrast).
Now the small moving hairs become visible. This technique also reveals all the small organelles inside of it.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/692/280/067/605/original/7bd7fcc91c9679e2.mp4

2025-03-03 13:17:48 UTC

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Next up is a #Ciliate. These one-celled organisms are covered in small hairs that they use to move around.
Also, this thing was zooming, I had a hard time to keep up with it!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/686/639/213/371/original/58023174eee09231.mp4

2025-03-03 13:15:20 UTC

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Once my camera adapter had arrived I went to collect some dirty water from a puddle. It's winter here, so it was frozen over, but even then, there was an absolute huge amount of life in there.
All following posts came from the same sample.
First off is a #Rotifer digging through some decomposing algae.
#microscopy #photography
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/678/594/492/348/original/f577c5466885e0f4.mp4

2025-03-03 13:12:48 UTC

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I started with some 50 year old permanent slides shown in the first post. The first one shows a fruit fly and the second one a brine shrimp (sea monkey), both under darkfield illumination.
My camera adapter hadn't arrived at this point, so I was just taking pictures through the binoculars. Though that will give you a better feel how it looks in person, like diving into an entirely different universe.

2025-03-03 13:10:35 UTC

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But first, this thing hadn't been used for years, so I had to clean it a bit. Maybe it was also just an excuse to understand how this thing works :)
It's an inverted design and has two optical paths, one for the binoculars and one for the camera.
#microscope
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/660/488/308/829/original/1d4838dbef21c7b9.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/660/598/318/828/original/e4b4c6906a502ee1.jpg

2025-03-03 13:08:21 UTC

So a few weeks ago, a relative of mine was looking for a new home for his old ZEISS research microscope.
And while I'm not a biologist - I'm a pretty big optics and photography nerd so I obviously couldn't decline the offer.
Let me take you onto a little journey to the #microcosmos 🧵
#zeiss #microscope #microscopy #fruitfly #brineshrimp #seamonkey
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/608/762/765/197/original/0369ed880ceec163.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/098/608/900/507/971/original/bf3faa06d9bf4d1e.jpg
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2025-02-18 20:33:07 UTC

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I mentioned in the beginning, that Perseverance captured more than 26.000 images during the landing. Last year I processed ALL OF THEM to make a complete remastered video of the landing.
Thanks again to @npub12g5…4qf6 who helped me with the editing and rendering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhyznZ2u4E

2025-02-18 20:32:34 UTC

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Of course this landing wouldn't have been possible without the Sky crane. Lowering a the rover under a rocket powered jetpack still seems nuts to me, but it worked flawlessly - TWICE!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/789/266/029/055/original/6db63f6417e1961a.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/790/040/222/046/original/60c9f3bff9569246.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/790/204/500/482/original/3306158395cb729e.jpg

2025-02-18 20:31:21 UTC

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Some of the most amazing images were definitely taken by the Descent Stage Downlook camera, mounted to the Sky crane.
The rover deck is pristinely white, but a lot of dust is blown up once the rocket exhaust impinged on the surface, obscuring the rover at touchdown.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/783/635/747/630/original/17eaf8451abb829d.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/784/292/548/918/original/867107f3835b250b.jpg
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2025-02-18 20:30:06 UTC

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The heat shield and Martian terrain photographed by the Rover Downlook Camera.
The second picture shows the edge of the delta fan on the right side and the delta remnant named Kodiak.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/779/075/403/841/original/2ee99a1061d1beac.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/780/044/977/412/original/da23c74a676bd000.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/026/780/376/137/965/original/311eb8294c721504.jpg

2025-02-18 20:28:52 UTC

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Some pictures of the parachute inflating, taken by Parachute Uplook Camera A.
Encoded in the red white stripes is JPL's motto "DARE MIGHTY THINGS" and the coordinates of the laboratory.
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/mars-decoder-ring/
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2025-02-18 20:26:47 UTC

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This is a mosaic from 11 Lander Vision System Camera images, taken at around 10 km above the ground.
I colorized it using RDCAM images and Aster Cowart's Jezero Crater map.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Aster Cowart/Simeon Schmauß CC BY NC SA
https://flic.kr/p/2qMvNak
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2025-02-18 20:24:56 UTC

I can't believe it has already been 4 years since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars!
The rover was equipped with six engineering camera that captured more than 26.000 images during the landing!
This thread contains some of my favorites:
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks
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2025-01-16 21:16:20 UTC

What a beauty! This is comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) passing through the field of view of the LASCO C3 coronagraph.
It wasn't for certain whether it would survive it's closest approach to the sun on January 13th, but it did and delivered us a spectacular show!
https://flic.kr/p/2qFGG1e
#comet #C2024G3 #space #astrodon
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2025-01-03 19:10:42 UTC

The Moon and Venus tonight.
#astrophotography #astrodon #moon #venus
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2025-01-01 21:44:34 UTC

Just a little over one year ago, the Juno spacecraft made its first of two very close flybys of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
This picture from JunoCam was processed to approximate true color.
https://flic.kr/p/2ppYk8v
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Simeon Schmauß
#planetaryscience #astrodon #Io #Jupiter #Juno #JunoCam #NASA #space
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2025-01-01 18:08:50 UTC

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If it's still clear for you, look outside, we have a strong G4 magnetic storm right now!
Half am hour ago over the alps;
https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/lorenzalm/2025/01/01/1830

2024-12-30 00:57:04 UTC

Near the end of its investigation of the Murray Buttes area, the Curiosity rover took this farewell selfie at the "Quela" drilling location in September 2016 (Sol 1463).
Full Panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-selfie-at-murray-buttes
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß
#Curiosity #NASA #Mars #MSL #planetaryscience #Solarocks
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2024-12-12 20:47:18 UTC

After several months of climbing up the steep slopes of the Jezero crater rim, Perseverance has reached the top!
The afternoon sun provides a spectacular view on landscape which the rover will explore soon!
Full panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/marsrover-perseverance-navcam-sol-1354
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks
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2024-12-08 19:28:22 UTC

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Finally, a close crop to the top left of the animation showing how the dust clouds get blown away at the sharp edges of the ice sheet and down into the valleys.
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2024-12-08 19:06:32 UTC

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I used a high pass filter to transfer only the small scale details of his animation to a common background image, eliminating the flicker almost completely.
For the version above I also applied interpolation with RIFE 4.4 to create a smooth video.
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2024-12-08 19:04:16 UTC

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This animation was originally processed by Andrea Luck (@npub1zc8…nxvk) who did an amazing job colorizing the individual grayscale filters with an RGB triplet from the middle of the sequence.
Because the different filters from HRSC have very different spectral responses, some flickering remained in the sequence.
https://fosstodon.org/@andrealuck/113461449287615615

2024-12-08 19:02:56 UTC

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This outbreak of local dust storms was captured by the Mars Express HRSC camera on November 16, 2006.
HRSC captures Mars with many different filters, some looking ahead of the spacecraft and some behind.
These images are taken over the course of about one minute, allowing for some nice short duration animations of moving clouds or dust.
ESA published this interesting article about the image in 2020:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Rippling_ice_and_storms_at_Mars_north_pole

2024-12-08 19:01:07 UTC

Dust Storms at Nord Rupes
Full size video: https://flic.kr/p/2qyG5Ca
Credits:
Processing: Andrea Luck & Simeon Schmauß CC BY
Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
#Mars #ESA #Duststorm #astrodon #planetaryscience #solarocks
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2024-11-22 00:05:07 UTC

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I'll leave you with a very preliminary false color (IR Orange Blue) image. Still needs more work and eventually I'd like to make a true color calibration if the necessary filters are available. 🔭
Image Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/Simeon Schmauß
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2024-11-21 22:43:51 UTC

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This is based on the skimage.registration code example with a few tweaks to ingest PDS data and make a three color image.
I also had to tune a few parameters so the registration tracked the features correctly.
https://scikit-image.org/docs/stable/auto_examples/registration/plot_opticalflow.html

2024-11-21 22:38:24 UTC

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What I'm applying here is called optical flow, the software essentially calculates how each part of the image moved relative to the reference and then warps the image to match.
This worked surprisingly well for these images thanks to the large amount of detail in the image.

2024-11-21 22:38:14 UTC

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For those wondering what this is, color images like these taken by the Rosetta OSIRIS NAC camera are not taken instantaneously, but each filter is taken sequentially.
This creates parallax between the filters which causes lots of headaches to the people processing these images...

2024-11-21 22:37:26 UTC

*Very happy coding noises*
#python #astrodon
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2024-10-13 02:07:33 UTC

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I wanted to try if I could pull any details out of the comet through image stacking, with pixel rejection tuned to remove the darker clouds.
The first results were promising, but the tail didn't really get much more visible, even with aggressive post processing.
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2024-10-13 02:07:01 UTC

I was out with some friends today to photograph C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, but unfortunately some clouds came in and obscured the view.
Thankfully I still managed to catch it before it became completely hidden.
#comet #astrodon #france
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2024-10-11 01:16:32 UTC

Absolutely breathtaking red #aurora from Nantes, France tonight!
I was almost ready to head home when these crazy pillars lit up the sky, making for an unforgettable experience. The red color was very apparent to the eye.
#NorthernLights #photography #france
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2024-10-10 17:43:00 UTC

While everyone is waiting for the #aurora to arrive, here is a bit of solar wind photographed by the HI-1 coronagraph from the NASA STEREO-A spacecraft.
Oh and then there is also #Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) photobombing the view!
full quality: https://flic.kr/p/2qmMaK2
#space #nasa #astrodon #comet #tsuchinshan #atlas
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2024-10-09 18:04:51 UTC

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Towards the end of the timelapse, the sun fires off one CME directly towards Earth, a so called halo CME which often causes aurora here on Earth. It should arrive in a few days.
The energetic particles from the associated flare create lots of bright streaks when they hit the image sensor.

2024-10-09 18:04:12 UTC

This is Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) passing by the sun while she fires off one CME after the other.
Mercury also makes an appearance on the left.
These images were taken by the LASCO C3 coronagraph on board the
ESA / NASA / SOHO spacecraft.
#space #esa #nasa #astrodon #comet #tsuchinshan #atlas
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2024-09-20 12:18:57 UTC

I applied some further processing to this amazing family portrait of our Earth-Moon system taken by the JANUS camera onboard ESA's JUICE spacecraft.
This is approximately how it would appear to the human eye.
original: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Juice_snaps_an_Earth_Moon_portrait
Credit: ESA/Juice/JANUS/Simeon Schmauß
#space #esa #solarrocks #astrodon
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2024-08-27 21:02:41 UTC

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Afterwards I got a great tour around ESOC from Ignacio Tanco, the JUICE Spacecraft operations manager.
My highlight was seeing the JUICE engineering model in person. It's so much bigger than I imagined, especially if you consider the huge solar arrays that are missing here.
If you look closely, the blue box shaped object on the left is (a replica of) one of the JMC cameras that took these amazing photos.
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2024-08-27 20:51:20 UTC

If you followed my boosts of @npub1wg6…p0eg toots, you may have already seen that I got to visit ESA in Darmstadt last week to process some pretty cool images from the ESA JUICE lunar-Earth flyby.
This is the fantastic timelapse video that Mark put together from the images I processed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20i3cAZSnPY
#SpaceFlight #SpaceScience #SpaceExploration #Astrodon #Astronomy #JUICE #ESA

2024-08-08 12:00:39 UTC

The Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom AI-denoise sometimes creates very unnatural swirly artefacts in photographs of the night sky.
Please upvote my forum post if you have encountered this too, so Adobe will take notice.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/ai-denoise-creates-swirl-artefacts/m-p/14787159
#photography #stars #astrodon #adobe #photoshop #lightroom
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2024-08-05 14:41:56 UTC

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Very nice, I wasn't aware of this image yet, incredible how little dust is in the atmosphere!
I used the occasion to make this merged image from the left and right Mast Camera.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß
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2024-08-03 17:13:47 UTC

This Gigantic Jet TLE was captured from the International Space Station by
astronaut Matthew Dominick on July 1st while flying above Indonesia.
I re-processed the image from the raw file.
https://flic.kr/p/2q7VbaV
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=319414
#RedSprites #giganticjet #tle #iss #lightning #astrodon #space
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