Map-a-Planet, Up Close and Personal~ and a Moon like youve never seen before!

Ras Asad · 01-21-09, 00:13

Hey 'topiates

I want to share this with you all,
i know some of you are interested in the heavenly bodies like i am
This used to be a .gov website,
but has since been retired and is now switched to a .org site and its quite a bit easier to use than before.
http://www.mapaplanet.org/
you can see amazing detail and color,
the way i use it is with the "natural color"..
this option lets you view the images in natural color reflected light, as the human eye sees it. The UVVIS and other false color image versions are also available if you go to the original planet mapper and chose the other formats.
Here are a few that i saved earlier of the Moon..
http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer/moon.html
using the natural color.

pretty amazing!!
allot of people still think the Moon is just grey and boring,
but here you can see, the real Clementine images,
and i hope many people will be able to stop wondering about the blah, grey images.. and asking " is this all there is? with equip. available in the 90's? no color images? "
well, there sure is!! lol
If anyone needs help figuring it out just holler.
Ill do what i can if your interested and want to figure it out.

I hope you enjoy them like i do.

cuts · 01-21-09, 00:18

Whoa..those pictures look amazing. That would be one hell of a thing to see that through a telescope.

Shroomette · 01-21-09, 00:23

Wow! Awesome images there Ras!!! thanks for sharing as always

~Hippie3 · 01-21-09, 02:46

cool link

Ras Asad · 01-21-09, 12:31

thanks!

Ive got some more cool ones i want to share as soon as i resize them.

they are HUGE!! lol

01-21-09, 13:15

SWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rockawayrooms · 01-21-09, 13:34

Very COOL Ras,THX fer sharing this bro!!

Ras Asad · 01-21-09, 16:51

aww you are welcome!!

i am happy that you all like them!

I forgot to add in the original post...

Using the site i linked to... when looking at the moon...

you get both the near side and the far side to look at.

Ill post some more pics shortly.

MycoChondria · 01-21-09, 17:33

Hey Ras,

NOW I can see the roads clearly on Mars

Seriously, nice find bro!

Ras Asad · 01-21-09, 17:44

ohhhhh, I hadnt even looked at the Mars one yet!!!

thanks bro!

Sigaar · 01-21-09, 21:36

Awesome Link
Beautiful Pictures

Ras Asad · 10-08-09, 22:11

glad you like it Sigaar.

i posted this image in the India Moon thread,
but i thought it was a good fit in this thread.

Taken by amateur astronomer with 8" newtonian,and canon digi rebel xt camera.

and just for kicks,
here is one of the farSide~ taken from space (obviously) lol

marmy · 10-08-09, 22:22

do you have a close up pic of the moon with the site of where the first moon landing was?

BuckarooBanzai · 10-08-09, 22:29

The prettiest colors of celestial photography usually involve some filtration of the primary image.

Beast · 10-08-09, 22:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ras Asad

allot of people still think the Moon is just grey and boring,

uhh those images are still pretty grey, man...

Ras Asad · 10-08-09, 23:02

Quote:

The prettiest colors of celestial photography usually involve some filtration of the primary image.

i am aware.
i am often present at the observatory when it's being done.
(i even help!!) lol

but that has nothing to do with this thread.

lol@ beastmaster.

Scratch · 10-08-09, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ras Asad

here is one of the farSide~ taken from space (obviously) lol

I think our side is more interesting.

BuckarooBanzai · 10-09-09, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ras Asad

i am aware.
i am often present at the observatory when it's being done.
(i even help!!) lol

but that has nothing to do with this thread.

lol@ beastmaster.

PROVE to me those are original non-retouched images. I've heard the moon is just and group hallucination, meant to explain tidal flows and keep people from looking into the Earth's internal moon...

Tinfoil hats man, they come in all sizes.

wildburr · 10-09-09, 00:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

Tinfoil hats man, they come in all sizes.

I cant seem to find one in my size, could someone help me out.

BuckarooBanzai · 10-09-09, 00:16

Ya gotta make your own for it to work.

Store bought hats are known for thin coverage in the L3, L9 and L15 areas.

The CIA pays them to keep them thin in those areas, by the way.

Ras Asad · 10-09-09, 01:43

lol

you want me to PROVE it to you?
this is not something i need to prove,
and honestly.. i dont care to prove anything to anyone.
its really quite simple...
the moon has color, these are the colors of the moon
if you want " PROOF" , look around for yourself,
it is no secret!
no conspiracy here.
is it really that hard to accept there is (ohh noo... look out.. COLOR on the moon?)
if youre not comfortable with that fact...
dont accept it!
i really dont mind either way.

or is that not even the issue?
and its that some of you guys just like to toss out your
"conspiracy theorist/ tinfoil hat wearing/ lunatic shit".. shit for anything your not comfortable with or that seems "weird" to you,
, or is it that some folks simply are not comfortable accepting that there are things they just havent yet been taught or learned, and "feel they should know"?

doesn't matter.

it's an interesting fact,
and i wanted to share it,
this thread really warranted no such
"tinfoil hat wearing, conspiracy shit" thrown into it.

niice one tho guys.
you get an A for effort.

BuckarooBanzai · 10-09-09, 06:29

Hey, Ras, just rattling your cage a bit. My apologies if I went a little too far. I was rather drunk last night when I wrote that.

I'm just trying to demonstrate a point - it is hard to have an argument when people make up their own definitions and draw their own conclusions from "evidence." When someone believes the Zapruder film was tampered with (so it can't be trusted) but still trots it out to support their points, you get trapped in a vicious circle.

It is kind of like trying to argue religion with someone who genuinely believes the Earth is only 6,000 years old and fossils were placed here by God to test our faith...the intellectual dissonance is too great to overcome.

The tinfoil hat reference is in relation to a commonly held belief amongst schizophrenics that federal agencies are beaming mind control (and/or mind reading) rays at them from radio towers. The layers of aluminum foil shield them from the rays.

When you notice someone is wearing a tinfoil hat, it tends to color the degree of sincerity you apply to anything and everything they say. Including the stuff you agree with.

Sorry for jacking your thread and screwing with you, man. It was mean-spirited and I do apologize.

SilvrHairDevil · 10-09-09, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildburr

I cant seem to find one in my size, could someone help me out.

Here ya go...

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/build.html

mushit · 10-09-09, 14:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scratch

I think our side is more interesting.

What do you expect from the back side of a mans head.

BuckarooBanzai · 10-09-09, 15:05

That was friggin' funny. Favorite quote:

"However, you should avoid American and European coins at all costs as they contain aluminum based mind control circuitry. Canadian coins are free of this threat mainly due to the Canadian government's choice of neglecting psychotronic research in favor of research into giant robotics."

I love giant robots! I may have to consider migrating North...

mushit · 10-09-09, 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilvrHairDevil

Here ya go...
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/build.html

Quote:

Painting your AFDB won't degrade its abilities, so you can be mentally safe AND color-coordinated too!

Gotta make me one. Seems the style these days.

mushit · 10-09-09, 15:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

That was friggin' funny. Favorite quote:

"However, you should avoid American and European coins at all costs as they contain aluminum based mind control circuitry. Canadian coins are free of this threat mainly due to the Canadian government's choice of neglecting psychotronic research in favor of research into giant robotics."

I love giant robots! I may have to consider migrating North...

Hee Hee

The shuttles' robotic arm comes to mind.

Buck, if you ever do decide to come here to Canada, feel free to look me up.

Ras Asad · 10-09-09, 17:45

right,
"mind control and secret coins and robots...ohh my" !
thanks for the niice additions.

anyway
back to the moon......

Quote:

Here are two side by side images of the 10.6 day old moon. The images were processed in exactly the same way (stacking, alignment, pre-frame sharpening and log stretch), except that the image on the right has been treated with a color saturation tool in Astro IIDC to enhance the very subtle colors in the left image. If you look closely at the left image you can make out the slightly reddish tinges of the mare south of Plato and the slightly bluish tinges of the mare Tranquillitatis, but the color tool makes this more obvious. The enhanced color image gives me some new targets for higher resolution / longer focal length imaging, such as the orange yellowish patch east of Alphonsus near crater Lassell, and the darker blue area south of Posidonius near crater Littrow. Chuck Wood back. I am taken by the triangle of blue on the east side of Mare Fecunditatis. I had never noticed it before but now that I know to look, can see it in the Galileo multi-spectral image. But the details are clearer in Milton’s image. This color image also emphasizes that the highlands are not all the same color. The highland area from Crisium to the North Pole seems oranger than the southern highlands, even taking into account the blueing due to Tycho’s rays. And again, the Galileo image confirms this difference. Perhaps the non-mare terrain in the northern hemisphere is dominated by Imbrium ejecta, which may be more orange-hued than the purer highlands of the south.

http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060901

and here is another "true-color" photograph of the moon..

Quote:

"The Moon's natural color is a faint red/brown."
Source: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/clementine/ap16.html

BuckarooBanzai · 10-09-09, 20:10

The Copernicus crater looks cool as hell. Kind of organic. Reminds me of a retina.

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01-21-09, 00:13	#1 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	Map-a-Planet, Up Close and Personal~ and a Moon like youve never seen before! Hey 'topiates I want to share this with you all, i know some of you are interested in the heavenly bodies like i am This used to be a .gov website, but has since been retired and is now switched to a .org site and its quite a bit easier to use than before. http://www.mapaplanet.org/ you can see amazing detail and color, the way i use it is with the "natural color".. this option lets you view the images in natural color reflected light, as the human eye sees it. The UVVIS and other false color image versions are also available if you go to the original planet mapper and chose the other formats. Here are a few that i saved earlier of the Moon.. http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer/moon.html using the natural color. pretty amazing!! allot of people still think the Moon is just grey and boring, but here you can see, the real Clementine images, and i hope many people will be able to stop wondering about the blah, grey images.. and asking " is this all there is? with equip. available in the 90's? no color images? " well, there sure is!! lol If anyone needs help figuring it out just holler. Ill do what i can if your interested and want to figure it out. I hope you enjoy them like i do. Attached Thumbnails __________________

01-21-09, 00:23	#3 (permalink)
Shroomette Fairy Princess Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,157	Wow! Awesome images there Ras!!! thanks for sharing as always __________________ "Every exit is an entrance somewhere else".~Tom Stoppard

01-21-09, 12:31	#5 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	thanks! Ive got some more cool ones i want to share as soon as i resize them. they are HUGE!! lol __________________

01-21-09, 13:15	#6 (permalink)
~nba1138 Guest Posts: n/a	YEAH! SWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

01-21-09, 00:18	#2 (permalink)
cuts The Pope of Dope Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,217	Whoa..those pictures look amazing. That would be one hell of a thing to see that through a telescope.

01-21-09, 02:46	#4 (permalink)
~Hippie3 DUNG DEALER Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 42,760	cool link

01-21-09, 13:34	#7 (permalink)
rockawayrooms Hash Pipe Harry Join Date: Dec 1971 Posts: 2,743	AWESOME pics Very COOL Ras,THX fer sharing this bro!! __________________ I Figure the Universe understands itself ok Life's purpose is to witness the drama~Hippie3

01-21-09, 16:51	#8 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	aww you are welcome!! i am happy that you all like them! I forgot to add in the original post... Using the site i linked to... when looking at the moon... you get both the near side and the far side to look at. Ill post some more pics shortly. __________________

01-21-09, 17:33	#9 (permalink)
MycoChondria Intellectually Immortal Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,784	Hey Ras, NOW I can see the roads clearly on Mars Seriously, nice find bro! __________________ *Right universe...wrong planet!*

01-21-09, 17:44	#10 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	ohhhhh, I hadnt even looked at the Mars one yet!!! thanks bro! __________________

01-21-09, 21:36	#11 (permalink)
Sigaar Enemy of the State Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 76	Awesome Link Beautiful Pictures

10-08-09, 22:11	#12 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	glad you like it Sigaar. i posted this image in the India Moon thread, but i thought it was a good fit in this thread. Taken by amateur astronomer with 8" newtonian,and canon digi rebel xt camera. and just for kicks, here is one of the farSide~ taken from space (obviously) lol __________________

10-08-09, 22:22	#13 (permalink)
marmy riding the roller coaster Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,003	do you have a close up pic of the moon with the site of where the first moon landing was? __________________ In a Gadda Da vida

10-08-09, 22:29	#14 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	The prettiest colors of celestial photography usually involve some filtration of the primary image. __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

10-09-09, 00:16	#20 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	Ya gotta make your own for it to work. Store bought hats are known for thin coverage in the L3, L9 and L15 areas. The CIA pays them to keep them thin in those areas, by the way. __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

10-09-09, 01:43	#21 (permalink)
Ras Asad Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,687	lol you want me to PROVE it to you? this is not something i need to prove, and honestly.. i dont care to prove anything to anyone. its really quite simple... the moon has color, these are the colors of the moon if you want " PROOF" , look around for yourself, it is no secret! no conspiracy here. is it really that hard to accept there is (ohh noo... look out.. COLOR on the moon?) if youre not comfortable with that fact... dont accept it! i really dont mind either way. or is that not even the issue? and its that some of you guys just like to toss out your "conspiracy theorist/ tinfoil hat wearing/ lunatic shit".. shit for anything your not comfortable with or that seems "weird" to you, , or is it that some folks simply are not comfortable accepting that there are things they just havent yet been taught or learned, and "feel they should know"? doesn't matter. it's an interesting fact, and i wanted to share it, this thread really warranted no such "tinfoil hat wearing, conspiracy shit" thrown into it. niice one tho guys. you get an A for effort. __________________

10-09-09, 06:29	#22 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	Hey, Ras, just rattling your cage a bit. My apologies if I went a little too far. I was rather drunk last night when I wrote that. I'm just trying to demonstrate a point - it is hard to have an argument when people make up their own definitions and draw their own conclusions from "evidence." When someone believes the Zapruder film was tampered with (so it can't be trusted) but still trots it out to support their points, you get trapped in a vicious circle. It is kind of like trying to argue religion with someone who genuinely believes the Earth is only 6,000 years old and fossils were placed here by God to test our faith...the intellectual dissonance is too great to overcome. The tinfoil hat reference is in relation to a commonly held belief amongst schizophrenics that federal agencies are beaming mind control (and/or mind reading) rays at them from radio towers. The layers of aluminum foil shield them from the rays. When you notice someone is wearing a tinfoil hat, it tends to color the degree of sincerity you apply to anything and everything they say. Including the stuff you agree with. Sorry for jacking your thread and screwing with you, man. It was mean-spirited and I do apologize. __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

10-09-09, 15:05	#25 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	That was friggin' funny. Favorite quote: "However, you should avoid American and European coins at all costs as they contain aluminum based mind control circuitry. Canadian coins are free of this threat mainly due to the Canadian government's choice of neglecting psychotronic research in favor of research into giant robotics." I love giant robots! I may have to consider migrating North... __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

10-09-09, 20:10	#29 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	The Copernicus crater looks cool as hell. Kind of organic. Reminds me of a retina. __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

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