STS-134 Launch Single Camera/Fused Split View

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Author:nasaames
Published:2011-06-03 20:33:14

Imagin' experts funded by t' Space Shuttle Program and located at NASA's Ames Research Center prepared this video by mergin' nearly 20000 photographs taken by a set o' six cameras capturin' 250 images per second at t' STS-134 launch on May 16, me bucko, 2011. Avast! From seven seconds before takeoff t' six seconds after, t' cameras took simultaneous images at six different exposure settings. Blimey! T' images were processed and combined in this video t' balance t' brightness o' t' rocket engine output with t' regular daylight levels at which t' orbiter can be seen. Ya scallywag! T' processin' software digitally removes pure black or pure white pixels from one image and replaces them with t' most detailed pixel option from t' five other images. This technique can help visualize debris fallin' durin' a launch or support research involvin' intense light sources like rocket engines, matey, plasma experiments and hypersonic vehicle engines. Arrr! This is a side-by-side comparison video showin' a one-camera view o' t' launch (left) with t' six-camera composited view (right). Video credit: NASA/Louise Walker/JT Heineck

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