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Carl Sagan

Nick Hoffman — 8/21/2004 11:05:46 AM (archived)

Prior to the Viking landings, good 'ol Carl took one of the engineering model cameras (prototypes for the real thing) out into the desert and photographed things like snakes in motion, just so that he would know what a moving object looked like when caught on "film".

Or so it's said. I've never seen the images...

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Curious object in Martian sky - C Desley - 8/21/2004 4:43:13 AM
- re: Curious object in Martian sky - C Desley - 8/21/2004 4:47:45 AM
  - Good eye - Buck Galaxy - 8/21/2004 7:09:41 AM
    - Just for the record, how long is a typical camera exposure? - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2004 7:43:45 AM
      - Varies by filter - Robert - 8/21/2004 5:38:49 PM
        
        It might be worth knowing which pictures are taken during grinding operations - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2004 7:23:20 PM
        
        [9.2] [9.4] [9.25] - Robert - 8/21/2004 8:34:34 PM
        
        Artifacts in past mars photos - Buck Galaxy - 8/21/2004 6:02:58 PM
        
        re: Artifacts in past mars photos - Robert - 8/21/2004 8:26:25 PM
      - Carl Sagan - Nick Hoffman - 8/21/2004 11:05:46 AM
        
        re: Carl Sagan - Doug Ellison - 8/21/2004 4:57:30 PM

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