Comments on: Photo: Immense Mars Canyon Shows Evidence of Ancient Water

By: Orest

Orest — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:30:20 +0000

Yup, picture is very realistic but without special software its impossible to do this. Also agree with Eliza.

By: WyzAker

WyzAker — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:37:43 +0000

This is a true photo, of course. Mars is a cube, as we all know, and in the upper-left you can see a corner of it.

By: Ron Bennett

Ron Bennett — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:02:38 +0000

Let’s send some ground hugging balloons to Mars to explore Melas Chasma up close and personal. The best vehicle to do this is the Martian Windsurfer first proposed in 2003 at the Mars Society Conference, a rover pulled by the wind and tethered to a balloon that can move over any terrain on Mars for over 1,000 kilometers, see here:

http://shineinnovations.com/media/Theater$20Quality$20Video$20From$20Mars.pdf

http://members.cox.net/arrow-space-innovations/100-0085_MVI.AVI

http://members.cox.net/arrow-space-innovations/101-0121_MVI.AVI

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:42:58 +0000

Ah, good questions. It's my understanding that the High Resolution Stereo camera on board the Mars Express is taking photos. The European Space Agency says: "The HRSC is imaging the entire planet in full colour, 3D and with a resolution of about 10 metres." But since the photos of the Melas Chasma were obviously taken from above, the researchers may have used some software program to create the "perspective view" above.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:08:58 +0000

Impressive image. But is this a true photo or a montage draped over a 3D model? If it really is an photo, wow. And so too if not!

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:48:21 +0000

Yeah, the rovers used parachutes to land.

By: ALee

ALee — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:11:41 +0000

That looks more like a 3D rendering than a photo no? Pretty sure Mars has an atmosphere. Either way an impressive visual and interesting scientific insight re: the water.

By: Vex

Vex — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:07:24 +0000

I was thinking the same thing, Rhaco. It takes your breath away!

By: tulsa

tulsa — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:00:11 +0000

That image is amazing! It is a life truly lucky when your around to see our civilization capturing these types of images of this quality.

By: Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:47:29 +0000

Wow, that's just stunning; it's actually sort of hard to get a sense for the scale with numbers that large. I think it's beyond my ability to visualize =) ~Rhaco