Vertical Exageration

Nick Hoffman — 2/17/2005 5:10:00 AM (archived)

All the released Mars Express images are exagerated - they calculate topography from stereo imagery and then drape the images on it, exagerate the relief and even add a bit of shading, sometimes!

Combined with the rath crazy colours that dear old Gerhard Neukum likes to use, these images are quite a way removed from reality, IMHO.

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Melas, Candor and Ophir Chasma from Mars Express (8 MB) - Raoul - 2/15/2005 8:03:57 PM
- Looks great as the windows background across my dual monitors. Thanks. (n/t) - SDG - 2/16/2005 7:41:42 PM
- A lot of extraordinary detail there. I'd love to blow that up to poster size. - Robert Clark - 2/16/2005 5:24:29 PM
  - re: A lot of extraordinary detail there. I'd love to blow that up to poster size. - LJ - 2/16/2005 6:39:45 PM
  - Large format printing: - jms - 2/16/2005 6:35:21 PM
- I wonder? - Gary - 2/16/2005 5:44:07 AM
  - Vertical Exageration - Nick Hoffman - 2/17/2005 5:10:00 AM
    - Thanks for the heads up - Gary - 2/17/2005 5:37:45 AM
      - All, the PERSPECTIVE images are exagerated. The B/W ones are pretty accurate. - Robert Clark - 2/17/2005 2:37:39 PM
- re: Grey stuff: Melas, Candor and Ophir Chasma from Mars Express (8 MB) - Andrew - 2/16/2005 3:24:30 AM
- Another jaw dropper - thanks Raoul! (n/t) - Vince - 2/16/2005 3:15:35 AM
- Wow. That one just went into my permanent files. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2005 1:17:30 AM

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