NASA release stereoscopic 3D images from Mars
After successfully landing the Curiosity rover on Mars millions of miles away on August 5th, us Earthlings can feel closer to our planetary neighbour thanks to NASA releasing the first 3D images from the planet’s surface.
Three anaglyph 3D images from the front and behind the vehicle have been produced from a stereo pair of Hazard-Avoidance Cameras. In the first image, part of Aeolis Mons (also known as Mount Sharp), a peak that is about 3.4 miles high, is visible.
In another image, you can see part of the rim of Gale Crater, a 96 mile diameter feature which stretches across the image. You can even see one of the rover's wheels.
The images were captured in full resolution shortly after the landing and they have been ‘linearised’ to remove the distortion produced by the fisheye lens. We can expect more 3D images from Mars to follow. Get your anaglyph glasses ready and head to the NASA website.
NASA’s latest mission to Mars has attracted great interest. Last Sunday around 1,000 people gathered in New York City's Times Square to watch NASA's live broadcast of Curiosity's landing, as footage was being shown on the giant Toshiba Vision LED television screen.
NASA and Microsoft released "Mars Rover Landing", a free downloadable game on Xbox Live that uses Kinect to capture body motions, which lets user to simulate the "seven minutes of terror" landing sequence.
To stay up to date with the Curiosity rover via Twitter and YouTube click here.
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