I want to reiterate/emphasize an earlier comment...
This data requires calibration to transform it to usable data. Sure these look nice, but what are the *real* colors/greyscale/temperature/etc. that these images depict?
That said, I look at a lot of uncalibrated imagery and it's often fine to the naked eye. Since that's really the only use for these particular images, it's nice that they're out. Just do not mistake this for real scientific data -- or even accurate imagery -- at best it's a reasonable approximation.
But damn, the ESA is slow at getting stuff out. NASA has done a MUCH better job at releasing Cassini images... the ESA works at a snails pace by comparison.
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I want to reiterate/emphasize an earlier comment...
This data requires calibration to transform it to usable data. Sure these look nice, but what are the *real* colors/greyscale/temperature/etc. that these images depict?
That said, I look at a lot of uncalibrated imagery and it's often fine to the naked eye. Since that's really the only use for these particular images, it's nice that they're out. Just do not mistake this for real scientific data -- or even accurate imagery -- at best it's a reasonable approximation.
But damn, the ESA is slow at getting stuff out. NASA has done a MUCH better job at releasing Cassini images... the ESA works at a snails pace by comparison.
-Pie