HAMO 30 - HAMO 39

Had time to do another set of 10 HAMO context pages, with images 30-39.

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HAMO 40 - HAMO 49

I've updated the Dawn HAMO gallery again, with images 40-49.

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HAMO 83 has just been released onto the JPL Photojournal. I've also updated the gallery and the imaging location map to reflect this entry.

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Just a short update today (for now). I've downloaded all of the raw Hubble data targeting Pluto, from the FOC (Faint Object Camera) and ACS/HRC (Advanced Cameras for Surveys/High Resolution Channel). I am in the process of converting these images to more usable products and will create a gallery for these for anyone interested in the data.

For more raw Hubble data, I recommend this particular archive search engine. When looking for objects such as Pluto, be sure to spell it in ALL CAPS and change the 'Resolver' setting to 'Don't Resolve'

HAMO 50 through HAMO 59 have been added to the gallery.

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In the future I hope to mesh this blog and what I tweet on Twitter, but for now, feel free to follow me there as well @zldoyle.

Doesn't seem like any new public releases will come out until after the upcoming holiday. New Horizons won't be updating their public release data until January 8th. Hopefully Dawn will resume prior to that.

In the mean time, this gives me a chance to update the gallery more. I've added H60-H65.

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HAMO 82 primarily features Hamori crater in the Zadeni quadrangle, near the Cerian South Pole.

Low Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) have also just been posted today.

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I haven't updated this blog in over a year. Currently I have focused my efforts on planetary science and image processing. I will be slowly adding those products to several galleries that will turn up here in an organized manner eventually. The one I've just added features images processed from the Dawn mission, currently orbiting (1) Ceres, the largest object in the Asteroid Belt. Their team currently releases a single image every day. I've made it a goal to locate and place an outline of the regions these images cover and provide that product to the public in the hopes of spurring further interest in an incredible world that may only seem simple, bleak and grey to most.


The Pluto-Charon system has been of great interest to me as well and I've also released a multitude of products covering the New Horizons mission as well. However, lately my focus has been on developing my own algorithms to better process the data to bring further clarity of the images. Recently an image I released was featured on the front cover of the Planetary Report, for which I'm very proud and grateful to see my work can be enjoyed by so many. Look for these images to be uploaded soon as well.


In the future, I also plan to do some more reblogging of stories I've found interesting. This will hopefully become another feature with the ones I outlined previously. The previous features will also receive more attention in the future, but I must say, they will likely be more of a novelty bit rather than the proposed weekly addition.

SloMoMonday 001 - Calcium Sulfate

This multiple sequence video features dyed and powderized calcium sulfate. This is much more commonly known as sidewalk chalk.

About the series: "Slo Mo Monday:" is a series featuring various scenarios of often everyday items captured in high speed video

New outlook

I have several  new series I plan to begin working on next week.

"WHAT WOULD HAPPEN..." will focus on mainly materials science experimentation. I will take you through most of the steps in setting up the experiment, and follow through with tests on the material.

"SLO MO MONDAY" will be a segment featuring scenarios, likely an unnoticed every day occurrence for many, featured in slow motion.

"LET'S TALK ABOUT:" will focus on materials and some lesser known devices: their properties, their uses, their reactions.


In the coming weeks I intend to make these regular postings. There will be other series coming in the near future as well with a focus on the broader physical sciences, optics, astronomy, and mechanical engineering.