The image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter represents the first time a Mars landing has been captured by another spacecraft.

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Just days after its launch on a Soyuz rocket, the new French high-resolution Pleiades imaging satellite has sent down its first pictures.

BBC: Sharp-eyed Pleiades returns first pictures

In addition to its use as a single instrument, the telescope is a key element of the UK's Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network (Merlin) high-resolution radio-imaging array.

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"IU135F3-Z" is the auto focus imaging module that employs a high-resolution lens bright F2.2.

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The imaging studio creates and distributes high-resolution digital photographs of art and other items for catalogs Christie's produces to promote its New York auctions.

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Supported by the latest Super Resolution technology, the X-5's imaging engine offers outstanding image-processing performance to produce clear, high-quality images with well-defined details.

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Google also said that it has new 3-D imaging and rendering technology, which will extract more dat from the higher-resolution aerial photographs captured by a fleet of planes working exclusively on behalf of Google.

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Future-proof resolution and wide dynamic range and have contributed to the rapid growth of 4K imaging for cinema and advertising.

ENGADGET: Redray 4K Cinema Player is ready to pre-order: $1,450 for high-res, high framerate home viewing