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   From: smithm@SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au.retro.com   
      
   On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:45:48 -0500   
   "furtig"  wrote:   
      
   > I have another question.  The one photo I have seen from the surface   
   > (unprocessed?) seems to have plenty of light.  I found this surprising   
   > and am assuming this was considered in the planning stage and the   
   > photo system is extra sensitive.   
      
   Basically, yes. You can take a long exposure in a dark room with fast film and   
   get good results. You just have to wait for the right number of photons.   
      
   > (?)  Any comments on the data size of   
   > the images.   
      
   I think it was about 35k per image. Very heavily compressed. Considering the   
   environment it was collected in I think the images are fastastic.   
      
   It's a shame that the Galileo/Jupiter entry probe didn't have a simlar scaled   
   down imaging capability.   
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