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NASA shows Mars in 3-D
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Posted on 01/05/2004 11:04:24 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:12:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- NASA yesterday released a three-dimensional black-and-white panoramic picture of the bleak surface of Mars snapped by the newly landed rover Spirit.

Reporters at a news conference were issued cardboard 3-D glasses to look at the 360-degree image of a desolate, wind-scoured plain strewn with rocks.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

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Thanks for the links
5 posted on 01/05/2004 11:17:23 PM PST by JohnHuang2 ("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
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See thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050940/posts?q=1&&page=1#1

I've posted side-by-side's of the initial lo-res photos.

If you have an old-fashioned stereoscope, you'll see Mars like you're standing on the surface.
6 posted on 01/06/2004 8:25:05 AM PST by bonesmccoy (defend America...get vaccinated.)
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