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Before & After: Colorizing a higher-resolution monochrome image with lower-resolution color data

Before & After: Colorizing a higher-resolution monochrome image with lower-resolution color data
Before & After: Colorizing a higher-resolution monochrome image with lower-resolution color data

NASA / JPL / MSSS / ESA / DLR / FU Berlin (G. Neukum) / Tanya Harrison / Emily Lakdawalla

Before & After: Colorizing a higher-resolution monochrome image with lower-resolution color data
The base image (left) is a monochrome view from the Context Camera (CTX) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. On the right, it has been colorized with lower-resolution color data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express.

Here is the full-resolution colorized image (click to enarge to its total enormousness):

Original image data dated on or about July 27, 2013

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