Distant hills rise above a rocky, windswept plain in this sharp stereo scene [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-1.htm l ] from the Spirit rover on Mars [
http://www.giss.nas…]. When viewed with red/blue glasses, the picture combines left and right images from Spirit's high resolution panoramic camera [
http://marsrovers.j…spacecraft_instru_pa ncam.html ] to yield a dramatic 3D perspective. The hills were estimated to lie about 2 kilometers away and be approximately 50 to 100 meters high. Along with other features of the landscape, determining their direction and distance will help pinpoint the exact location [
http://www.msss.com…] of the Spirit landing site when compared with high resolution images of the region taken from Mars orbit [
http://www.msss.com…]. Much stereo [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] image data, allowing important estimates of three dimensional shapes, sizes, and distances, is anticipated from the rover's cameras. ("Editor's note:" Red/blue glasses for viewing stereo pictures can be purchased [
http://photojournal…VendorList.html#Glas ses ] or simply constructed [
http://faxmentis.or…ana-howto.html#glass es ] using red and blue plastic for filters. Try it! To view this image, the red filter is used for the left eye.)
Explanation
Distant hills rise above a rocky, windswept plain in this sharp stereo scene [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-1.htm l ] from the Spirit rover on Mars [
http://www.giss.nas…]. When viewed with red/blue glasses, the picture combines left and right images from Spirit's high resolution panoramic camera [
http://marsrovers.j…spacecraft_instru_pa ncam.html ] to yield a dramatic 3D perspective. The hills were estimated to lie about 2 kilometers away and be approximately 50 to 100 meters high. Along with other features of the landscape, determining their direction and distance will help pinpoint the exact location [
http://www.msss.com…] of the Spirit landing site when compared with high resolution images of the region taken from Mars orbit [
http://www.msss.com…]. Much stereo [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] image data, allowing important estimates of three dimensional shapes, sizes, and distances, is anticipated from the rover's cameras. ("Editor's note:" Red/blue glasses for viewing stereo pictures can be purchased [
http://photojournal…VendorList.html#Glas ses ] or simply constructed [
http://faxmentis.or…ana-howto.html#glass es ] using red and blue plastic for filters. Try it! To view this image, the red filter is used for the left eye.)
Explanation
