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Hiking on Neptune’s moon Triton. Randy is actually on Humphrey’s Peak, the highest point in Arizona. The backdrop is a computer-generated perspective view of Cipango Planum based on topographic data Randy generated from a Voyager image in 1989. This was o

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity 1989 (approx.)
Randy Kirk Hiking Neptune's Moon, Triton.
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Hiking on Neptune’s moon Triton. Randy is actually on Humphrey’s Peak, the highest point in Arizona. The backdrop is a computer-generated perspective view of Cipango Planum based on topographic data Randy generated from a Voyager image in 1989. This was one of the first scientific uses of his photoclinometry software for making topographic models and led to one of the first planetary flyover videos produced in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Hiking on Neptune’s moon Triton. Randy is actually on Humphrey’s Peak, the highest point in Arizona. The backdrop is a computer-generated perspective view of Cipango Planum based on topographic data Randy generated from a Voyager image in 1989. This was one of the first scientific uses of his photoclinometry software for making topographic models and led to one of the first planetary flyover videos produced in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.