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Here are some anaglyphic space photos for you to enjoy in glorious 3D!
What's going on?
When looking at the world,
human beings build a 3D picture based on the information gathered from
the eyes. Each eye recieves a slightly differentview than the other due
to their spacing on your face. The brain combines the two images from
each of your eyes to create a three-dimensional image, allowing you to
have depth perception - you can tell how far away you are from the
things you see!
We can re-create this to get 3D effects from a two-dimensional picture using anaglyphic photos and 3D glasses. Make your own 3D glasses.
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Mars Spirit Rover has left a doughnut trail behind it!
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:43 |
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Burns Cliff, along the inner wall of Endurance crater on Mars!
Still returning science data and images, both Spirit and Opportunity
rovers completed 2 years of Mars exploration in January. Opportunity
spent the month of July on the road to Victoria crater. The stereo pair
of images used to create this view are based on image data recorded in
November 2004.
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA
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On September 12, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper snapped
photos of her colleague Joseph Tanner during the STS-115 mission. At
the time, the spacesuited pair were working outside the shuttle orbiter
Atlantis, some 300 kilometers above planet Earth.
Included
in the scene reflected in Tanner's visor is Stefanyshyn-Piper herself
and the Sun shining above the Earth's distant horizon.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 10:16 |
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An image of the Sun taken by the SECCHI beacon. The STEREO space
weather beacon broadcasts highly compressed data like this 24 hours per
day. This data is used for space weather forecasting.
This anaglyph was created by Ian Musgrave at Astroblog.
Original image: STEREO
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 10:19 |
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Shuttle Orbiter Discovery |
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Approaching the International Space Station on STS-121
in July, the Shuttle Orbiter Discovery posed for a series of
photographs.
Details visible along the
forward fuselage include high temperature (black) and low temperature
(white) insulation tiles, thrusters used for steering and attitude
control, and crew compartment windows.
Credit: ISS Expedition 13 Crew, NASA
Stereo Anaglyph: Patrick Vantuyne
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:44 |
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A detailed 3D view of Apollo 17's Lunar Rover in the foreground -- behind it lies the Lunar Module and distant lunar hills.
In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison
Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon, while colleague Ronald Evans
orbited overhead. The crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil
samples, more than from any of the other lunar landing sites. Cernan
and Schmitt are still the last to walk (or drive) on the Moon.
Credit: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 NASA
Anaglyph by Erik van Meijgaarden
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:46 |
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