Pluto question

[ViperXX]

How are they getting such bright pictures of Pluto when the planet is billions of miles away and the sun is just a dot from that distance.

 

[Mark R]

Long exposure and high sensitivity on the sensor.

 

[dainthomas]

It's glowing with rage after being demoted.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Everyone has their lights on. Plutonians don't give a fvck about energy conservation.

 

[IronWing]

Being on a higher celestial sphere, Pluto more closely reflects the face of god.

 

[ctbaars]

It's fake

 

[MrDudeMan]

Everyone has their lights on. Plutonians don't give a fvck about energy conservation.

My initial thoughts mirrored Mark's, but this is obviously the right answer.

 

[Gibsons]

The probe has a really bright flash.

 

[SKORPI0]

It's fake

Yes, just like the moon landings or bigfoot. ^_^
Can't wait for the detailed hi-res pictures/videos in a few months.

 

[Jeff7]

Long exposure and high sensitivity on the sensor.

This.

If you know you're going to be going 3 billion miles away from the Sun, you should pack accordingly.


I wonder what the exposure times really were though? As fast as that thing was going, I can't imagine that they wanted to spend a lot of time holding in one place to get an image or measurement. Long exposure would also potentially mean blurring from the shifting parallax.

Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one to wonder.
100millisecond exposure time.


The Voyager probes did some long exposures, but they also didn't have cameras quite like we send out these days. 🙂

The probe has a really bright flash.

Really bright: "Mysteriously abundant oceans discovered on Pluto!"

 

[MasterAndCommander]

It's those bastard Gammilons! Time to build the Argo and blow up Pluto with the wave motion gun before they start planet bombing us!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I know some of the pictures have been enhanced and color was added to show definition.

 

[IronWing]

I'm still impressed with the one pixel, two color cameras on the Pioneer probes.

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch7.htm

 

[brainhulk]

Nm

 

[brianmanahan]

you heard about pluto?

that's messed up, right?

 

[Ichinisan]

I'm still impressed with the one pixel, two color cameras on the Pioneer probes.

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch7.htm

That's cool.

 

[highland145]

It's glowing with rage after being demoted.

This. Bastard planet organizers.

 

[CZroe]

...
Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one to wonder.

No. No, you're not.

Looks better lit than I would have imagined, but I guess the image is enhanced.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Once New Horizon passed Mars, NASA turned its high beams on so it could see better at night.

 

[IronWing]

Once New Horizon passed Mars, NASA turned its high beams on so it could see better at night.

I wonder if it has ground effects like all the Star Wars spaceships?

 

[dank69]

Everyone has their lights on. Plutonians don't give a fvck about energy conservation.

You got that right:

 

[bigrash]

They use a really bright flash light when taking pics.

 

[IronWing]

They use a really bright flash light when taking pics.

That's why the Cassini probe carries all those atom bombs. :sneaky:


Edit: I was right! New Horizons also carries the atom bombs!

 

[ViperXX]

The smartassery is strong with this thread.

 

[brianmanahan]

The smarta**ery is strong with this thread.

your basic question was answered by the first reply

every reply after that is having fun