Kevin M. Gill

@kevinmgill.bsky.social

Engineer, data wrangler, and martian photographer at NASA-JPL, Los Angeles. Curiosity Rover ECAM PUL. Saturn native, commutes to Jupiter. USMC vet. Opinions are mine https://apoapsys.com

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Finally trying to look at this rock I found a year ago and finding some nice actinolite in there. I need to get a proper macro lens to photograph these things (they're too damn expensive). Whaddya think I should I do with this guy?

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As part of NASA's efforts to modernize and unify its websites, the raw image websites (Mars 2020, MSL, Psyche, Cassini, InSight) will be unified into a new tool. This will try to maintain as much compatibility as possible, but there will be some necessary changes.

ASA is undertaking an effort to modernize and unify its websites. As a result, there will be some changes to the Raw Images websites (active missions Mars 2020, MSL, and Psyche, and completed missions Cassini and InSIGHT). We are unifying the raw images sites across all supported missions, while attempting to retain as much compatibility as possible. Nevertheless, there will be some changes. We are aware of the amazing work being done by dedicated enthusiasts and others using these sites, and want to make sure that we minimize disruption to your sites and tools. We therefore invite anyone who is interested to join us in the OpenPlanetary slack, in the #planetary-raw-images channel. We will be previewing our API plans there and - critically - want to hear about your use cases. What features do you most need? What modifications to our plans would make your life easier? What would you like to see on the site that isn’t there? While we can’t promise anything at this point, we will look at all requests to see if they’re doable in our schedule and budget. You can join OpenPlanetary slack for free here: https://openplanetary.org/join/ Please let me know if you have any difficulties signing up: Bob.Deen@jpl.nasa.gov Thanks… -Bob
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The software installed and runs natively into Linux (Fedora 44 KDE), which is HUUUUGGGEEE. The developers (and Claude probably) have a ways to go, but it's a great start.

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Six months have passed since the #ArtemisII mission and NASA has just released the reentry video from the Orion capsule!

Here is a timelapse of the reentry, but be sure to check out the realtime version linked below! 🔭🧪

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It was interesting... While I was photographing them, they would be resting on the ground. Then all of a sudden it would fly up, pick a fight with another butterfly, chase that guy off (or be chased off), then land and rest again. Rinse and repeat.

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