Comparison - Mars Curiosity Descent - Ultra HD 30fps Smooth-Motion

Comparison with the original: http://youtu.be/pjeHZ9poew4
Making of: http://youtu.be/jpjkaxeMGak
Fun 8-bit version: http://youtu.be/YBhwViFg0tk

This is a comparison video with the original footage from the MARDI camera onboard the Curiosity rover.
Ultra-resolution, smooth-motion, detail-enhanced, color-corrected, interpolated from the original 4 frames per second to 30 frames per second. This video plays real-time at the speed that Curiosity descended to the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012.

Share this video with your friends. It's mind-blowing that everyone on Earth has a chance to see this amazing footage from Mars :)

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[5prayerfaust]

"Good job people. After many months of hard work and planning, the rover is now ready to be sent on one of the most spectacular missions in the last decade - landing on Mars... Now let's strap on this 15 $ webcam to film the landing."

[tontsa911]

How was it even possible to enchant it this much? This is insanely good work.

[fjunqueira]

Thank for the great job! Has been a pleasure to watch this multiple times.

[RichardinAustralia]

great job fascinating stuff.

[UFO HuntingClouds]

that camera looked pretty awesome to me

[Scott Martinelli]

The camera is called MARDI and it is a "point and shoot" camera not video camera. 4fps is actually pretty good for a regular camera. It is designed to be able to take pictures in variable light conditions at a wide range of distances and pick up a good range of colors to determine features. NASA uses it to figure out exactly where they landed, relative motion against the ground to check with the other sensors, and to help with precision landing for future missions. It does just what they need!

[karkrashful]

i know. i said id wait a few days for the final good quality video to be beamed back to earth haha

[Felipe Zorzo]

You could, but they dont, they needed to see if it was going to be a success

[gentleterminator]

Fantastic ! thanks so much...

[statictwo]

Nice work!!

[karkrashful]

i could have waited a few days for a recorded version of 30 fps video being sent to earth lol

[pabiloz]

it's easy.... you just need to photoshop 60 pictures per second