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Crowdsourcing Mars Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the people-power dept.

alancronin writes "In conjunction with BBC's recent astronomy television program Stargazing Live comes a citizen science project to analyze images of Mars. Zooniverse has set up a site that allows people to explore the surface of Mars in incredible detail with pictures taken from the HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. HiRISE can image Mars with resolutions of 0.3 m/pixel (about 1 foot), resolving objects below a meter across."

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  1. Why bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They are taken in a studio anyway. Just have people come on a tour, like at Universal.

    I can't believe how people still believe this stuff. And btw, Lance is innocent.