Sentences with phrase «detailed images of the surface»

In the future, the researchers would like to make even more detailed images of the surface of giant stars and follow the evolution of these granules continuously, instead of only getting snapshot images.
«Astronomers produce first detailed images of surface of giant star.»
This is crucial as this is all we are going to get for exo - earths: we will not be able to build large enough telescopes to take detailed images of the surfaces of exoplanets — but we will still be able to learn about their atmospheres (and surfaces) from time - resolved observations!
That maneuver, NASA told USA Today will be the probe's «final opportunity for up - close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon's northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface

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The resulting atomic - resolution topographic images reveal positions and orientations of atoms and molecules, and also provide a detailed look at structural defects in the surface.
This artist's impression is based on a detailed map of the surface compiled from images taken from NASA's Dawn spacecraft in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres.
This view is a composite of images taken in 1995 and 1998, color enhanced to show details of the cracks and ridges that stretch across Europa's icy surface.
They have the capability of bouncing powerful microwaves off nearby asteroids, providing size and rotation information, and at times, even generating detailed images of an asteroid's surface.
Mustard and his colleagues want the rover to have instruments that will not only take broad pictures of sites on the surface — as Curiosity is doing — but also take more detailed images of rocks and geological features.
To study the mechanism's fine surface details, they took multiple digital images each lit from a different direction, which allowed them to virtually rotate the object in the light [see interactive images here and a rotating view of the main fragment here].
The study used images and other data from Cassini's radar instrument, which can peer through the obscuring smog of Titan's atmosphere to reveal the surface in detail.
Radar images received by the Green Bank Telescope reveal new details of the surface of asteroid 2015 TB145.
«Acoustic imaging reveals hidden features of megathrust fault off Costa Rica: First detailed 3 - D images of a megathrust fault show long grooves and other features in the fault surface that are likely to control how it slips in an earthquake.»
Most of the images from Rosetta have been in black & white, so these colour ones are a nice change and show incredible detail, including patches of water ice on the rocky surface.
An atomic force microscope (AFM) is a scientific tool that is used to create detailed three - dimensional images of the surfaces of materials, down to the nanometer scale — that's roughly on the scale of individual molecules.
The image illustrates the detailed modeling of a small piece of the surface of an old metal - poor star used to derive its abundance of lithium - 6.
Images taken from orbit do not reveal any more information regarding the dark spots, but future probes landing on the Red Planet's surface may reveal more details on what the Mars holes contain and give an estimate of their depth.
The new images are presented in false color, detailing an area that once played host to huge volumes of water, leaving scars across the Red Planet's surface.
The world's two largest radio telescopes have combined to make detailed radar images of the cloud - shrouded surface of Venus and of a tiny asteroid that passed near the Earth.
The third view is a MOC narrow angle image, taken at the same time as the wide angle views, showing details on the surface of the tiny moon.
In an earlier «skeet shot», Cassini captured detailed images of the cracked surface, revealing the source of geysers blasting the water into space.
This amazingly detailed image from the surface of Mars comes from NASA's newest rover, Curiosity.
Transferred at 1.82:1 and enhanced for 16x9 displays, the theatrical version looks sensational, although it wants for more detailed shadows; perhaps blacks were crushed on purpose, as the image in and of itself has enough surface clarity to betray substantial — if unobjectionable — grain.
As in Finding Nemo, definition is more glamorously diffuse in the underwater scenes, though the depth and intricacy of the image always astounds, with above - the - surface details displaying a glassy photorealism.
In the meantime, the image on this disc features spectacular dynamic range that honours the frequent chiaroscuro shadows, as well as an organic clarity that encourages a scan of the surface details — everything from typeface to the lived - in faces of the character actors playing Commies — without fatiguing the eye.
The first image of an unknown Motorola Android device has surfaced with a unique bodyshape. The device looks to be a variant of the CLIQ / XT / Backflip series with a squared off shape and QWERTY keyboard. No other details are known at this time.
Images of what is purported to be Google's upcoming Android music store surfaced over the weekend, and they may reveal several details surrounding the upcoming music service Google is expected to unveil on >>
These details were leaked after an image surfaced online for something called My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess game in the online data of the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
Each image in the series can take Powell anywhere from a couple of hours to an entire month to complete, depending on the size, surface, and amount of detail of the image.
In each of the six paintings, a dense layer of dots spreads across the surface of the canvas, creating an obstacle that prevents the viewer from wholly focusing on or grasping the details of the image behind it.
Studying their paintings in museums, he started from digitally manipulated photographs and through his characteristic approach created images that allow recognition of the original artwork, but still making visible details of the complex surface, the tactility of the paint, the brushstrokes and the pattern of the canvas.
He works from photographs and drawings, creating collage - like compositions, and then experiments with different ways of drawing out the aspects that interest him — whether highlighting the surface detail or distant object, or by painting a version of the image as a blocked - out negative of flat colour.
Viewing becomes a spatial, physical experience that compresses the geologic time implied by the surface details of the stones, a hint of some past process of erosion or eruption, the photographic moment at which each object was recorded and the transitory duration in which the images are presented and seen.
These collaged elements — along with images of pillows and a detail from a Baroque relief — are sealed within a clear Plexiglas casing that acts as a support for the surprising array of three - dimensional objects suspended from the work's surface, ranging from tin cans and a spent tube of paint to assorted empty plastic tubes and salvaged wooden chair rungs.
A wall - sized aerial view of the Sahara desert has almost infinite detail due to the high resolution capacities of digital imaging, but it remains an enigmatic landscape; an image of women playing cards on an evening street in Hong Kong taken without flash would have been impossible without recent advances in photographic technology; a still life of aquatic plants and animals reveals what is otherwise hidden beneath the ocean surface; and images of border crossings depict territorial differences that are materially invisible.
The inspiring selection of images has been specially produced in black and white to enhance the form and elevational disposition of each building rather than surface detailing or location.
Celmins takes details from images of nature's surfaces and skies, but removes horizons or any central point of reference.
Subtle traces remain on the surface of each piece; abstracting details of the image and manipulating the material, which cause a certain confusion or questioning for the viewer.
Chambers and colleagues obtained their results by studying data — taken before and after the hurricane — from NASA's Landsat 5 satellite, which takes detailed images of the Earth's surface.
So many details have come out over the years about the Surface Mini, but only recently have images of the device finally, well, surfaced for the first time.
Today details of two new smartphones with model number Sony H8266 / H8216 surfaced online in a leaked image.
Images of the upcoming Porsche Design BlackBerry have surfaced, detailing a handset based on the Z10.
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