Victoria Crater I

This is a picture of Victoria Crater taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter before Opportunity rover was commanded to explore this area. This anaglyph photo was made by a combination of two different views to measure slopes and help select safe paths for the rover. This image is already map projected for a systematic transformation onto a plane. You can use a pair of basic 3D glasses (Red for left eye and blue for right) to get a sense of what engineers and scientists looked at before their decision making processes. The viewing angle between the two images is about 12 degrees, which is bigger than the convergence angle of human eyes for viewing distant objects. Therefore the steeper reliefs that it portrays are slightly exaggerated views, which could make it easier to detect such steep slopes. This work was done by scientists from University of Arizona around October 2006.

This would make for a pleasurable poster of an impact crater at Meridiani Planum, close to the equator of Mars. A fine poster for fine people, it's a giclée-print on a durable archival matte paper so the ink doesn't fade away after years on the wall. All prints are shipped two to five business days after your purchase and they're shipped rolled in a tube. It might not be a lot of fun to flatten it when you receive it. However, it would be ideal if you have a frame to use right away. Please note that this item is just the poster itself and does not include the frame.

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