November 28, 2007 Updated
Terrain Camera provides unique 3D images of Moon
JAXA has made detailed images of the Moon’s surface using observation data acquired by the Terrain Camera (TC) onboard the KAGUYA. In a global first, JAXA composed three-dimensional images and a moving image with a very high aerial resolution of 10 meters. The images include the Polar areas on the Moon.You can observe small bumps, mounds and craters on the Moon’s surface in a three-dimensional manner that had been invisible to date. (Photo: (c) JAXA/SELENE) Moving Image (480 x 270pixels)
- Image by TC
- Anaglyph image (You need Red/Blue type 3D glasses.)
- Image by TC (the Polar areas on the Moon)
- Project site
November 13, 2007 Updated
'Earth-rise' and 'Earth-set' images were taken by the KAGUYA
The onboard high definition camera of the moon explorer "KAGUYA," which is under initial functional verification, successfully acquired the world’s first high definition images of an "Earth-rise" and "Earth-set." It was also the world’s first HD images of the Earth from about 380,000 km away in space.Image: (C) JAXA/NHK
- Press release
- "Earth-rise" Images taken by the HD camera ( Resolution : 480 x 270 pixels. no audio )
- "Earth-set" Images taken by the HD camera ( Resolution : 480 x 270 pixels. no audio )
- Project site
November 7, 2007 Updated
KAGUYA successfully takes images of the moon using HDTV camera!
The "KAGUYA," which is currently undergoing initial functional verification, successfully acquired image data using its onboard high definition TV camera (HDTV).It is the world’s first image taken by the HDTV from 100 km away from the Moon.
Image: (C) JAXA/NHK