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Monday, December 17, 2012

Roving in HD

Original film of the Apollo 16 rover converted to high definition and software-stabilized. Turn it up to 720p and full screen; the high resolution and steady image allow you to see how the suspension reacts in a low gravity (0.17g) environment. Even more interesting, watch when he makes a hard turn and generates a rooster-tail of lunar dust; observe the fall pattern of the dust under low gravity in the absence of atmosphere. There is a subtle, indescribable "wrongness" to it when seen by a brain that evolved on Earth.


posted by Jar(egg)head at 16:46

1 Comments:

Blogger curmudgeon said...

Of course it looks wrong. That's part of the conspiracy. Couldn't get the dust to move right on the secret sound stage. Can't fool me, I saw the movie.

18:46  

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