• @SpecialSetOfSievesEnglish
    2•2 days ago

    Thank you! I’ve seen some of these before when looking at 3D models of the abrasion patches, but those shape models are quite useful in general.

    I was thinking specifically of the “anaglyph” images we used to get from the MER PanCams and NavCams (such as the “Legacy Pan” from Opportunity). Even individual 3D frames could be quite mind-blowing in demonstrating the true ruggedness of those landscapes. The environments in and around Jezero, let alone Mt. Sharp, can’t be any less rugged than those were.

    • @paulhammond5155OPEnglish
      2•2 days ago

      We used to get get occasional post drive red/cyan 3D anaglyphs from JPL for MSL, but it looks like they got dropped when they redesigned their web pages as I can’t find them now.

      As far as M2020 goes, converting the wide angle lenses of the NavCams will likely be hard? But in the next weeks I’ll have a go. In the past folk don’t appreciate the red/cyan anaglyphs, but that was in the days of Reddit, so if I can make any we’ll see how they go down :)

      • @SpecialSetOfSievesEnglish
        2•2 days ago

        Hahaha I hear you, Paul. In the end, I’m just going to have to bite the bullet and learn how to work with images myself. I didn’t mean to put everything off onto you 😄

        As for people not appreciating the images, or the general stream of information from the rover(s), I’m proceeding on the theory that it’s hard to appreciate what these missions do without the context being readily available. Even in sifting through aaaall the images I needed to assemble my overview of the abrasion patches, I could see that I needed to rapidly compare and contrast several different abrasion sites to get a quick visual feel for the differences between them. And if someone like me feels this way, I can only imagine how difficult it might be for the casual social media user to see how exciting “another red rock” might be. Geologists aren’t always the best at outreach, but I believe the attempt is worth it in my case.

        I can’t help with the 3D images just yet, but I’ll see what I can do after I post my overview.