A trip to Mars

[LoudMusic]

A friend of mine linked me to this animation. Extremely well done and very entertaining.

http://athena.cornell.edu/video/mer2003_lg.mov

Right click, save as ... for best results.

 

[epic]

Holy crap 17.8mb.. beware 56kerz.

I'll come back when it's done downloading and tell you what I think

 

[LoudMusic]

It's pretty spectacular. I was seriously impressed by his work.

 

[retsmah]

edit- oops, wrong thread

 

[epic]

That's a really cool movie. I had to wait even longer cuz I didnt have quicktime installed.. doh!

👍

 

[LoudMusic]

Yeah, it requires a current Quicktime player. But it's pretty neat isn't it? I was impressed with his realism in camera movement. When the stages seperate it shakes the camera and such. And you can see it go in and out of focus occationally. Those little touches make for a well done animation, in my opinion.

 

[Zrow]

What a superb little movie; it seemed very authentic.

 

[LoudMusic]

Now that we've actually landed, and the rover has driven off the landing pod, you may be interested to see what it did. This video is REALLY good. It's a 3D rendered movie of the whole thing.

http://athena.cornell.edu/video/mer2003_lg.mov

Below is the photograph taken by the actual rover on Mars.

 

[LoudMusic]

DOH! I just realized it's down. Looking for an alternative.

 

[LoudMusic]

http://fusebox.stoneward.com/mer2003_lg.mov

 

[Der Alta]

TO bump this back up with a nice little addition. NOw you can drive the rover http://mars.telascience.org/softwaredownload

Or at least the simulator.

AO

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

Did anybody see The Late Show With David Letterman where they showed a clip of the rover filming and they added a great big rat in it?