Neat NASA Tricks #3
The Case of The Barefaced Lie
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by Fintan Dunne, Editor
http://www.GuluFuture.com
1st March 2003 18:00 GMT

The third in a series.
Anomalies in NASA NEATv1 images

Download this file if you wish to confirm the anomaly:
http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/daily_mpg/030222_c2.mpg


Sometimes you give more away when covering up.

I sent this email to Dr. Soho (SOHO's enquiry service)
on 24th February at 2:52 GMT, providing the graphic
at right to illustrate the missing data:

Hi,
I am a journalist researching the SOHO images
for the 22nd Feb 2003.
There is a data gap in the available images.
There are no C2 or C3 images between
around 05:00 and 17:00.
The same gap affects the EIT 195.
Any ideas why this might be the case?
Many thanks
Fintan Dunne

DATE: 2003/02/22
Some example listings showing missing images 05:00 -- 17:00
C2 1024
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-c2-1024-all..html
EIT 195
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-eit_195-1024.html
MDI MAG images are available for that time period:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-mdi_mag-512..html

This Reply came in 16:30 GMT Tuesday 25th FROM NASA/SOHO

Dear Fintan,

Many thanks for your note. As a result of SOHO's distant
orbit we are not always in contact with the satellite. When this
occurs there is a solid-state recorder on board where the data is
stored and we retrieve these data once we're back in contact.
Such gaps can last up to 8 hours.

We also occasionally have problems relaying the data, either from
the spacecraft to the receiving station or from that staion back
to the Goddard Spaceflight Centre, where it's stored. If this is
the case then the data needs to be retrieved manually.

A combination of the two occurred on the 22nd and as a result the
data you enquired about only became available late yesterday.
They're presently being processed and should be available online
within about an hour.

Best wishes,
Gareth Lawrence.

QUOTE FROM EMAIL ABOVE
"A combination of the two occurred on the 22nd and as a result the
data you enquired about only became available late yesterday. [Mon]
They're presently being processed and should be available online
within about an hour."

But this was a barefaced lie. Because meanwhile I had ALREADY
found some of the missing images in an Mpeg movie on a German
SOHO Mirror Site:
http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/indexe.shtml

On this Page:
http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/daily_mpg/

Since Sun 23rd Feb !!

Which is the day before that email says they "became available."
As seen from the datestamp on the file at the daily Mpegs page above.

You can VIEW THAT MPEG: http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/daily_mpg/030222_c2.mpg

Click this graphic illustrating all this:

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