Not see any cinnamon trees in the photos yet.
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 12/15/2013 02:39 pmNot see any cinnamon trees in the photos yet.And... the on-topic part of this post: Is either one of those two probes going to take a picture of the Earth?
One reason for the mutual photography could be to calibrate the cameras since they know the colours of the rover and descent stage.
And... the on-topic part of this post: Is either one of those two probes going to take a picture of the Earth? Have they already? (If the high-gain antenna is fixed to the camera.. and they're pointing in the same direction.. then the rover should be able to get live footage... WHILE roving! )
Come to think of it.. anyone know if the J-class Apollo missions ever shot footage with the Hasselblads from (and showing) the rover, a changing lunascape, with the Earth in the sky? The fact that all the sites/locations were always well on the near side would make me think that the Earth would've been too high up in the sky to show up in the FOV.
The rover's going to go into hibernation from the 16th to the 23rd - because it's too hot to work during the lunar noon(Rover taking a cat-nap according to the anchor... surely a rabbit nap?)
It will be quite hard to take a picture including earth and moon due to different light, I think.
I don't recall that the Lunokhod rovers required a midday siesta. Maybe it is Chinese caution.
Apparently a better version of the descent camera "slideshow" has just been shown on TV.... let me see if I can get it to here.....
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/15/2013 03:19 pmApparently a better version of the descent camera "slideshow" has just been shown on TV.... let me see if I can get it to here..... That would be fantastic!
Quote from: robertross on 12/15/2013 03:25 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/15/2013 03:19 pmApparently a better version of the descent camera "slideshow" has just been shown on TV.... let me see if I can get it to here..... That would be fantastic!Amazing video stitched from images from the descent camera! http://news.cntv.cn/2013/12/15/VIDE1387092680807230.shtml(will try to get it to Youtube later)