“Magellan at Venus” by DeJong

  • ©Eric M. DeJong

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    06

Title:


    Magellan at Venus

Length:


    1:30

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Description:


    Computer animation techniques create a simulated flight over the surface of Venus using radar map­ ping data recorded by the Magel­ lan spacecraft during September and October of 1990. Simulated color approximates hues which might be seen by the human eye, based on color images from the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 space­ craft. The 3D map of the surface was produced by combining Syn­thetic Aperature Radar (SAR) im­ages, altimetry data, and radarclinometry.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Solbourne 5E/900 DEC Vax 8650
    DEC MicroVax 3800

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: VICAR, JPL’s image processing software and in-house 3D and rendering software

Additional Contributors:


    Animation: Jeffrey R. Hall, Eric M. DeJong
    Image Processing: Myche McAuley & IDPT
    Elevation Map: Randy R. Kirk (USGS) In collaboration with Steve Saunders, Ellen Stofan, and the Magellan Flight Team