Martian Vistas

The mosaic named 'Mustang' taken on sol 1798

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And the mosaic 'Martian Chronicles' taken on sols 1801 and 1804

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A mosaic taken of the ground around Opportunity on sol 1773.

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Colour (R12) drive direction mosaic taken after the sol 1770 drive.

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The view of parts of Home Plate after Spirit had driven off the formation after winter '08. The disturbed rocks on the left show where Spirit drove down.

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After posting the previous version of the 3D Bonestell panorama, a version with the horizon flattened has been requested. As I mentioned in the other thread, because of the way Spirit view the scene, it is best to view it in the 'rover frame' with a curved horizon. However this 'flattened' view is preferred by some, even if a few areas are harder to view and may be distorted.

You'll need a pair of red/blue 3D glasses to view this. My normal 2D version is here

To view this at full resolution, I found it is best to start by looking at a part of the image where the features are close together in both the red and blue images (mid field). Then, without looking away and loosing the 3D effect, scroll to other parts of the image that you want to look at.

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Here is a full resolution version of the Bonestell panorama in 3D. As in my previous version I have left it in the 'rover frame' so that everywhere the right and left cameras of Spirit were horizontal - this minimises the distortion when looking at it. Ignore the 'tears' in the image that are visible in the 3D terrain - this shows the limit of my processing method I'm afraid.

You'll need a pair of red/blue 3D glasses to view this. My normal 2D version is here

To view this at full resolution, I found it is best to start by looking at a part of the image where the features are close together in both the red and blue images (mid field). Then, without looking away and loosing the 3D effect, scroll to other parts of the image that you want to look at.

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The full Bonestell Panorama has finally finished being downlinked. Over 10 months since the first images were taken! Here is my version, combining all 516 images from the left Pancam and adding a simple artificial sky.

Polar projection and 3D products to follow.

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EDIT: And here is the same Panorama in polar projection.

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The Bonestell panorama is still not completely downlinked however NASA have released a version to celebrate Spirit's five years on Mars I thought I'd do the same and add something extra with a colour anaglyph (3D, you'll need a pair of those red/blue glasses).

I've kept it in the 'rover frame' so the horizon is curved. This is because this is the way the two 'eyes' of Sprit saw the scene and you would have needed to tilt your head as you panned across the picture to see it properly if I had changed it. I found the b/w 'ground frame' version that NASA posted distorted and very hard to view properly.

I'll post the normal 2D versions and larger 3D versions when the last bits of the image have finished being downloaded from the rover.

Happy birthday Spirit!

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