Unearthly feast for the eyesJoe, This is just like viewing Random Dot Stereograms except my eyes will only let the images overlap a little less than half... hmmmm. Ok, I reduced the images to 50 percent in Microsoft Photo Editor (the Windows 98 free default). I could then put them next to each other and given a minute I could bring them together. I wish I had viewers that would let me use the full pictures. I have plans for one somewhere in this mess... B) de n7zi Gary "Why buy something for ten bucks when you can make it for a hundred.", J.R. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+n7zi=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+n7zi=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:40 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Unearthly feast for the eyes For those of us who are fans of stereo photography -- and I have been ever since I acquired my first Viewmaster in the early 1950s -- the past few weeks have been an amazing time. Spirit's views often are sent back in stereo pairs, and it's an easy matter to download views and then just free-base view them on the computer screen, if you know the trick to letting your eyes slide views on top of each other. This has been a great treat for me, as it really gives me the feel of being on the surface of another planet, examining even soil in great detail, seeing these views in depth.
From the ground in Gustav, Mars has a somehow homey feel. But now another spectacular view of Mars comes up in 3D, Valles Marineris as seen by the European Space Agency's Mars Express. The stereo view posted today is like nothing I've ever seen before. It verges on science fiction. Go to the ESSA site at http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34316 -- download both Valles pictures, then view them in stereo. It's bizarre enough in two dimensions, but in depth it is astonishing. Best wishes, Joe