High-Res Mars Photographs are Absolutely Stunning

Post by **Silversurfer** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:04 pm

I was just blown away by these high-resolution images taken from Pheonix lander, what do you think?

You really get sense of what it's like. But there's 17 in total so hit the link below for them all. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/0 ... skies.html

Post by **cybereality** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:25 pm

Post by **yomer** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:06 pm

The pictures really are amazing.. but really LOL at the Total recall ones, I didn't expect that.

Post by **LukePC1** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:21 pm

Errrr....

To get a turn to S-3D:
I think there was some (older?) project to send two satteliets out to make S3D pictures (of planets and so on). Maybe it's a good Idea to find them and link to them?
Just thought it might fit to the topic and the forum

Post by **cybereality** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:48 pm

LukePC1 wrote:I think there was some (older?) project to send two satteliets out to make S3D pictures (of planets and so on).

Yeah, I remember those pictures were really cool. From a few years back. There are some anaglyph panoramics here:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... /2004.html

Here is a site I found with tons of recent anaglyphs and stereo pairs:
http://www.hazyhills.com/mars3d/

Sorry about the Total Recall reference, but this is the "Off-Topic Discussion". I was trying to keep it fun.

Post by **Freke1** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:22 pm

Awesome. I read/saw today they found ice on Mars. The white stuff melts when exposed to the atmosphere:

More news from NASA is due soon.

Post by **Neil** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:28 pm

Meh! You've seen one red planet, you've seen them all... Now Neptune, that's a planet! Ever been?

Regards,
Neil

Post by **Silversurfer** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:41 pm

cybereality wrote:

- now this one takes me back, nice reference - LOL

Post by **Silversurfer** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:44 pm

Freke1 wrote:Awesome. I read/saw today they found ice on Mars. The white stuff melts when exposed to the atmosphere:

More news from NASA is due soon.

The animated GIF pictures give a sense of how barren the planet is. when you think of the distance is it just me that the pictures are such a high-quality seems impressive ?

Post by **Freke1** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:32 pm

Certainly. The animated gifs are really something.

Post by **Silversurfer** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:58 am

cybereality wrote:

Thanks, I guess they could only be black-and-white due to the bandwidth.

Post by **crim3** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:26 pm

The sunset shots are awesome.
Maybe they use black&white because, if you have to choose between resolution or color in that situation, resolution is the best choice.

Post by **Silversurfer** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:40 pm

crim3 wrote:The sunset shots are awesome.
Maybe they use black&white because, if you have to choose between resolution or color in that situation, resolution is the best choice.

Sounds very feasible as well.

Post by **yuriythebest** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:53 pm

the martian sunset/sunrise pic is awesome, very startrekish