4-Billion-Pixel Panorama View From Curiosity Rover

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 28, 2013 @11:59AM from the take-a-look dept.

SternisheFan points out that there is a great new panorama made from shots from the Curiosity Rover. "Sweep your gaze around Gale Crater on Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover is currently exploring, with this 4-billion-pixel panorama stitched together from 295 images. ...The entire image stretches 90,000 by 45,000 pixels and uses pictures taken by the rover's two MastCams. The best way to enjoy it is to go into fullscreen mode and slowly soak up the scenery — from the distant high edges of the crater to the enormous and looming Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual destination."

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Re:it sure would be nice to get a PNG.. by wierd_w · 2013-03-28 12:21 · Score: 3, Funny

But.... that's a JPEG!
(Still saved it anyway though.)
In a year ... by PPH · 2013-03-28 12:25 · Score: 2, Funny

... something will have snuck up on the rover and written WASH ME in its dust with their tentacle.

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Re:it sure would be nice to get a PNG.. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-28 12:39 · Score: 1, Funny

well, it's three years since 'thoughts on flash' and it's steve jobs that's dead, not the ubiquitous and stubborn little plug-in.
who'd have thought it eh!