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Re:Breathtaking Pictures from Mars Colour Camera of India’s ... by melloclello on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:48PM (#9147224)
Not to denigrate ISRO's efforts, but is there a reason the pictures look so... VHS-y?
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Re:Breathtaking Pictures from Mars Colour Camera of India’s ... by jccooper on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @04:10PM (#9147375)
It's a 2048x2048 pixel camera, and is there mostly to provide context to the other sensors. While better than many historical probes, it is a bit low-res today. But NASA's MRO already has some great optics over Mars, so they probably figured hi-res visual survey wasn't the best use of their probe.

Also, it was probably cheaper and easier. After all, MOM is a "technology demonstrator".

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