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Hi all

I built some new maps for Celestia. First a 4k Io. I combined a 1,8K color map and a 5k grayscale map and retouched this. I have also corrected the orientation error (180 degree). I built a 4k and a 2k dds file.



The next one is a 1k map of Jupiter moon Amalthea. I combined a 0,7K color map and a 0,8k grayscale map and added some (fictional) details. Also i made the color a bit more pale and modified the matieral of the 3ds model. But i'm not sure if the color is proper.



The last is a 0,5k map of Saturn moon Titan. This is also the result of two combined maps. Copy this in the medres folder and change the solar.sys (Texture "titan05k.png").



Sorry i have no webspace and only a 33,6k modem connection.
Selden can you put the textures on your site or somewere else ?

Bye Jens

Jens,

The site I use is the site of last resort preferably for scientifically accurate items so i can justify it as "educational".

I'd appreciate it if you'd ask Chris for space on http://www.shatters.net.
It seems to me that putting them in a Celestia Gallery page would be very appropriate.

That IO texture look very nice

For some reason IO alway reminds me of some mouldy Fruit.
its just the stangest moon surface ever

What the hell is going on on that surface

Sorry Selden, i thought you'd put some other maps on your site and this would be a good idea to add this maps.

Ok i will mail my maps to Chris but i wait a bit maybe an other location can be found or some interested guys. (The mail will have a size of 4Mb.)

Darkmiss wrote:For some reason IO alway reminds me of some mouldy Fruit. :|

Yes i think Io looks a bit peculiar but this is what Galileo and Voyager had sent to us.

Jens

Jens, I like your Amalthea texture. The Titan map looks to have been derived from the recent Keck II images, taken at infrared wavelengths, so it isn't what you'd actually see with the naked eye.

Grant

Hi all,

I have reviced my 4K Io map. Now i hope they looks no longer like a mouldy fruit and more like a icy moon with much sulfur. You will find Io map and Amalthea at Celestial Visions. Ras has only to add the link at the download section.

Bye Jens

Io has been added...

http://24.144.43.100/index.php?op=downloads;catd=7;ss=0

I like the original version too, because it reminds me of a Dutch specialty: "oil balls". They are some kind of pastry fried in hot oil, comparable to doughnuts but with raisins in them and "globular"
I could not find a good close up, but this might give an idea:
http://www.steevens.nl/oliebol2.jpg
http://www.aroundmyroom.com/mt/archives/oliebol.jpg

Hi Buzz,

Indeed the resemlance is amazing. A little bit more sugar and you can eat Io

Jens

jim,
I would hardly call Io an icey moon. With the amount of volcanic activity and the intense radiation it get from Jupiter it would be like visiting the inside of a microwave oven. So please don't try to make Io something its not. Its far from a cold place, thats why they compare it to hell as they do Venus. Jus thought I drop that in.

Don. Edwards wrote:I would hardly call Io an icey moon.

The lava lakes on Io get as "hot" as 65 F (~20 C), but the surrounding areas are at -230 F (~-145 C).
Brrrrr.

Grant

Don,

I'd seen in TV documentation that Io is despite it's volcanic activity very cold. Now there are more information at this page: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(moon)

Bye Jens

It always looks to me as if Io suffers from severe acne.

granthutchison wrote:The lava lakes on Io get as "hot" as 65 F (~20 C)

Oops, early lo-res data. Here and there, there are spots of silicate vulcanism going up to ~1500 C. But like Antarctica and its few volcanoes, if you were plonked down at random on the surface of Io you'd be much more likely to freeze solid than burn.

Grant