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The HN title is wrong. This was not taken "on the surface", but from a 13-14 km orbit, according to source ESA data (click on a picture to see its data): https:
by mrb 9y ago
The HN title is wrong. This was not taken "on the surface", but from a 13-14 km orbit, according to source ESA data (click on a picture to see its data): https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/index.php?/category/410/start-60 https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/index.php?/category/410/s...
Each picture is a 12.5-second exposure. Therefore this 25 fps video is sped up 312.5×
- mikeash 9y agoThank you! I couldn’t figure this out, as I thought the probe was shut down on impact. This makes much more sense.
- dghughes 9y agoI was trying to figure out if the probe was sliding down a hill or if it was the camera panning. 14km and 312.5x speed up makes it quite surreal if not misleading.