Feb 11 2009
NASA and Google Provide a look at Mars in 3D
Google brought us online search that has yet to be matched and Google Earth, a wicked cool bit of software that lets us view almost any part of Planet Earth. The software is so accurate and detailed that governments and security agencies worldwide are extremely uncomfortable.
NASA has brought us, well, space! Moon missions; the space shuttle program; and satellites that show us earth, our solar system, the Milky Way and the Universe with unparalleled detail. We also can’t forget how the NASA has captured our imaginations.
Now, these two organizations bring us another brilliant product together, Google Mars, a new mode included in its latest version of Google Earth. Oh, did I mention that it was in 3D?!
We can now get high resolution, three dimensional images of Martian terrain. Using NASA data and imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and other spacecraft, you can zip through Martian canyons or study the planet’s surface.
But rather than read my blather about it, take a glimpse of it online.
One response so far
Hey, that is very cool. It would be even cooler if they would show the whole of the Red Planet. Of course, that will never happen because the people living there are camera shy
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