3-D delights from Mars

Ed Young — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:40:08 GMT

Please send me links to this kind of space stuff. I am a HS science teacher and really enjoy it. Any mars pictures etc. That would make my day! What a great article! youngman@verizon.net thank you!

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jackson s dunn stirling — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:35:29 GMT

seems a bit pointy forward at front you also need to work on its suspension bigger

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Perley J. Thibodeau, New York, New York. — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:17:15 GMT

I still have the red and blue glasses I sent for a few years back.
What a thrill to see Mars in 3D just like 'Bawana Devil" and "House of Wax" back in the early fifties.
Very vivid.
"I want more Maypo"
I mean more 3D pictures of the Red Planet Mars!

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Mr.Andrew R. Stec — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:12:44 GMT

Let us graduate from sixth grade mentality children. The TRUTH awaits you at www.MarsRevealed.com

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:53:03 GMT

Thanks Alan for bringing us these cool 3D pics from Mars. Even without 3D glasses the pics look 3D. Just goes to show how space exploration gives us discoveries that are useful!

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kollaboy,Hilo,HI — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:46:19 GMT

Are these images "Public" information?...Do we have to purchase this book to see them?

[ALAN ADDS: They are publicly available pictures, so you don't have to buy the book to see them. "Mars 3-D" just provides a handy way to see the best of the pictures all in one place, and you'll also get Jim Bell's commentary on the pictures, how they were taken, and how the rovers have weathered more than four years of ups and downs. Check it out at the bookstore and see if it's worth it.... If you follow the links from my earlier posting about "Mars in 3-D" you'll find more resources. Here's a link to that item and other Web sites of note:]

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/27/1068158.aspx
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/3d/
http://www.marsunearthed.com/Contents/Contents.htm
http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/mars3dgallery/
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/spotlight/3d01.html

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randerley, milwaukee.,wi — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:16:33 GMT

I think this mars rover., the space shuttle and all what NASA represents is a joke....We've had contact, been in contact with life not of this world for years. They live among us. We have their space crafts...The goverment wastes trillions of dollars., for what??? We were already to mars., years ago. PLEASE don't insult my intelligence....SO show me something I don't know>>>>>>>>

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Sam, Denver — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:32:07 GMT

"You could cross your eyes to look at a stereo pair of images (which is a trick I've never been able to master)."

The reason you haven't mastered this is that it doesn't involve crossing one's eyes. Focus through the picture like you are looking at something distant and slowly change your focus (focusing nearer to you each time). Eventually you'll see the edges of the stereo image, then just hold that focus and relax. The image will pop right out at you shortly. After a bit of practice your eyes will get used to this strange exercise and it will become quite easy to see these images.

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Marty from Mars — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:23:54 GMT

To those who feel we have contacted those from another galaxy, their is no doubt. Just take a gander at The Olsen Twins, Madonna, Lindsay Lolife, Condoleeza Rice, and pretty much the cross-section of any Rock Stars, Politicians and Movie Stars. These folks have conquered all that is sane. Do nothing day in and day out and make billions.

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JAMES DOUGLAS, MAPLE VALLEY, WA — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:46:16 GMT

TIME, ALL THINGS ARE RELEVENT BUT NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE.

HAVE HUNDREDS OF PHOTO'S SENSE 1993!

JUST SENT SOME TO PROFESSOR SEEPHEN HAWKING...
ARMY NOT HAPPY WITH MY TAKING PHOTO'S

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Steve Yastremski — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:32:12 GMT

Let's me see... the pictures were taken with equipment and technology paid for by taxpayer money,who knows how many people contributing their expertise in getting the rovers to mars in the first place and the ongoing costs of maintenance etc. Now just tell me ,how is it this guy is allowed to claim them as his own? And he has the nerve to sell them to us? Does he have the rights to them?

[ALAN ADDS: The pictures can be freely republished by anyone, because NASA does not assert copyright for these images. You could go out and do a book yourself using the same imagery. Jim Bell doesn't claim the images as his own, although he does head the team that processed the imagery. He's also written quite a bit of material to provide context for the images. But of course the most gripping part of the book is the imagery itself. It's that way for other coffee-table books as well.]

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Joe, Richmond, VA — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:57:04 GMT

This may be a stupid question, but how did the rover take a picture of itself at this distance? I don't see any robotic arms extending from Spirit's main platform that would have held the camera...

[ALAN ADDS: Not stupid at all, I hoped the caption would cover it, but maybe not: The picture of the rover is computer-generated, and it was inserted into the actual view of the platform and its surroundings.]

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Frank Glover, Rochester, NY — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:09:23 GMT

"We have their space crafts...The goverment wastes trillions of dollars., for what??? We were already to mars., years ago."

Randerly, you're welcome to take all that up with the folks who believe that we never even got to the Moon...

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Emily A,seattle,wash — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:50:37 GMT

nasa has about 3 rovers up on Mars.
1. The Mars rover
2.oppertuinity
3.spirit
really!!!:D