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Ted Stryk over Europa

Ted Stryk

Tennessee, United States

Proposed name: Professor of philosophy and amateur image processor

Tennessee, United States

Proposed name: Professor of philosophy and amateur image processor

I am a philosophy professor at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Planetary exploration has always been an interest of mine. You can follow me on twitter @tedstryk for the latest updates on my work, which I often post on my blog, Planetary Images from Then and Now. Please note that since the processed images are copyrighted, they should not be reused without permission. If you are interested in using any of my work, please contact me at strykt@roanestate.edu or tedstryk@gmail.com.

Latest Blog Posts

Mysterious Umbriel

Posted 2013/02/28 12:59 CST | 1 comments

Presenting a newly-processed version of Voyager 2's best images of Uranus' moon Umbriel.

In Honor of JUICE, a New View of Europa

Posted 2012/05/07 05:30 CDT | 2 comments

To celebrate ESA's selection of the JUICE mission to Jupiter, Ted Stryk produced a new global view of Europa from Galileo data.

Russia's Venera-D mission (DPS-EPSC 2011)

Posted 2011/10/05 10:29 CDT | 0 comments

During the afternoon poster session at the Division of Planetary Sciences / European Planetary Science Congress meeting, I had a long talk with Ludmila Zasova (IKI) about Russia's Venera-D mission to Venus.

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Latest Processed Space Images

Umbriel (2013 version)

Umbriel (2013 version)

Posted 2013/02/28 | 0 comments

This view of Umbriel was composed by stacking Voyager 2's best two images of it, and coloring it using images taken from a greater distance.

Distant Horizons - Different Surfaces

Distant Horizons - Different Surfaces

Posted 2013/02/05 | 0 comments

Poster showing a comparison of images from planetary surfaces ordered by increasing complexity of the surface processes.

Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of December 2012, in color, excepting Vesta

Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of December 2012, in color, excepting Vesta

Posted 2012/12/18 | 0 comments

A montage of 16 of the 17 asteroids and comets that have been photographed up close as of December 2012, when Chang'E 2 flew past Toutatis. This version is in color and shows the bodies at their correct relative (though not absolute) albedo or brightness. Not included is Vesta, which would cover an area about three times the width and height of this montage.

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