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This is an image from Mars (taken by the Rover). It sure looks a lot like a side scan image of the lake bottom here at Big Sandy. I was fortunate enough to get to work on some of the lunar stuff.
The Moon and Mars surface are very similar to the river/lake bottoms. I could actually take an image of Mars and "taint' it a little and make it look like a sidescan image.
I got to fool around with this stuff back in the 60's-70's. Guess this is why I like sidescan so much. Good memories revived.
You must have been working with SLAR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
Nope. But I sure got to see it work. I worked on the motor speed controls. When the rovers moved, ment I did my job.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBNFSHN
SLAR probably laid the foundation of some stuff we take for granted now (MRI, Cat Scan, Ultra sound, Side Imaging).
It is all about sonar and radar. Pick a frequency.
Cat Scan and Side scan very similar, one is sound waves the other radio waves. Technique bout the same. Skinny pictures...
Think you guys are talking Side Looking Airborne Radar and synthetic apertures . If it is, the rest of you, its radar usually mounted on the under side of an air craft that paints a picture of the whats underneath. Handy for picking out things of high military value on the ground. Its a lot like the side scans only using Radar.
One of the most recent uses of this was from the shuttle as it was used to map a large part of the earth.
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