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Smooth, High Definition Video of Curiosity's Landing On Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the pretty-pictures dept.

_0x783czar writes "Filmmaker Brad Canning has released a hi-def video of Curiosity's landing. This video was captured in low res, and then extrapolated and re-rendered by Canning to produce some of the most stunning imagery ever captured on an alien world. It took Canning over a month to complete the process. He used motion tracking to add sound effects which in turn give you the sensation of the ride of your life."

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  1. Enhance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    clearly Enhance truly does exist... or you could just watch the Official Nasa HD version..hmm http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/

  2. versions by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    The remastered version certainly is better quality, but I'll wait for the limited edition director's cut of Episode I: Giant Nuclear-Powered Laser Robot Invades Mars. It's supposed to be a rock-solid performance with plenty of driving action scenes.

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  3. Nice Video, But... by Latentius · · Score: 4, Informative

    I like the video quality enhancements, they really bring out a lot of hidden details. The frame extrapolations, though, give a weird gelatinous effect to the video.

    And I could really do without the sound effects, especially the cheesy motor sound effects at the ending.

  4. Re:The video is of aeroshell's decent, not Curiost by Jesse_vd · · Score: 4, Informative

    You've got it completely backwards. This video is from the bottom of Curiosity. The heat shield falls away at the start, before that the camera couldn't see anything.