Get out your red/blue glasses [
http://photojournal…VendorList.html#Glas ses ] and check out this satisfying stereo anaglyph [
http://faxmentis.or…] of the Full Moon. A corresponding stereo image pair, intended for cross-eyed viewing [
http://www.3dexpo.c…], is also available through this link [
http://www.pixheave…photo_us.php?nom=050 5-0704_0611-0701x ]. Regardless of your preferred technique for stereo viewing [
http://photojournal…], the 3D effect comes from combining pictures of the same scene taken at different angles -- mimicking the slightly different perspective of each eye. Perhaps surprisingly for Earthdwellers [
http://commons.wiki…Image:Georges_Seurat _-_Un_dimanche_après -midi_à_l'Île_de_la_ Grande_Jatte.jpg ], getting two pictures of the Full Moon from different angles only requires a little patience. In this case, photographer Laurent Laveder used pictures taken months apart, one in November 2006 and one in January 2007. He relied on the Moon's continuous libration [
http://www.phy6.org…] or wobble as it orbits to produce two shifted images of a Full Moon [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Explanation
Get out your red/blue glasses [
http://photojournal…VendorList.html#Glas ses ] and check out this satisfying stereo anaglyph [
http://faxmentis.or…] of the Full Moon. A corresponding stereo image pair, intended for cross-eyed viewing [
http://www.3dexpo.c…], is also available through this link [
http://www.pixheave…photo_us.php?nom=050 5-0704_0611-0701x ]. Regardless of your preferred technique for stereo viewing [
http://photojournal…], the 3D effect comes from combining pictures of the same scene taken at different angles -- mimicking the slightly different perspective of each eye. Perhaps surprisingly for Earthdwellers [
http://commons.wiki…Image:Georges_Seurat _-_Un_dimanche_après -midi_à_l'Île_de_la_ Grande_Jatte.jpg ], getting two pictures of the Full Moon from different angles only requires a little patience. In this case, photographer Laurent Laveder used pictures taken months apart, one in November 2006 and one in January 2007. He relied on the Moon's continuous libration [
http://www.phy6.org…] or wobble as it orbits to produce two shifted images of a Full Moon [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Explanation
