Showing posts with label Curiosity Rover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curiosity Rover. Show all posts

September 5, 2012

Catch Some Red Planet Fever: Mars in 3-D!

Mars rover Curiosity looks towards its destination—Mount Sharp.

By Mary Kay Carson

Do NOT adjust your monitor! You just need some 3-D specs to clear up the above image. Then you can see this amazing view of a cold desert planet 140 million miles away—Mars. The intrepid photographer is superstar Curiosity, the latest Mars rover to explore our Red Planet neighbor. Don't have any of those old blue and red 3-D glasses? Making your own is fun and easy. I'm posting an activity below that has instructions for making you own pair of traditional 3-D glasses. It’s from my book Exploring the Solar System: A History with 21 Activities. You'll want a pair in the upcoming months as Curiosity sends home more 3-D pics to NASA.