Just a thought - is 10,000 frames too many for Mars? (Unless shot over several nights, timing the video segments for Mars to present the same phase each time.)
Assuming 10 fps (say), 10,000 frames would amount to about 20 minutes of elapsed time as continuous video (or longer, if shot as several shorter videos), and the rotation of Mars could be significant over that much elapsed time, leading to motion blurring of the features that can be resolved? (Mars rotates through about 15 degrees per hour, as its rotation period is very similar to that of Earth.)
Would a maximum of say 5 minutes of continuous video yield better results? Or am I missing something here?
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