The observation station
Can you spot the flame?
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Kofi · Look closely. The outline is computed in pixels.
NASA flame footage from the space station and Cygnus, measured with classical computer vision. Every overlay is computed, and every unit is pixels: NASA publishes no calibration for this footage.
▶ Watch and investigateSaffire-V: PMMA with thin ribs
Video, 76 s, GRC, 2021-01-12
▶ Watch and investigateSaffire-VI: one-sided PMMA burn
Video, 60 s, GRC, 2024-01-09
◎ Inspect the photographBASS flame, ISS 2013
Photograph, JSC, 2013-04-09
◎ Inspect the photographBASS-II flame, reduced oxygen, ISS 2014
Photograph, JSC, 2014-08-02