Anaglyph image of part of the Cydonia region
Anaglyph image of part of the Cydonia region
The stereo capability of the HRSC imaging system makes it possible to create anaglyph images from a combination of the various stereo image channels, which are directed obliquely towards the surface of Mars, and the nadir channel that looks down vertically at Mars. Viewing the image using red/green or red/blue coloured glasses creates a three-dimensional impression of the landscape. In the centre of the image there are two large mesas around 500 metres high and some 20 kilometres in length, making them six times as large as the famous 1000-metre-high Table Mountain near Cape Town in South Africa. The two mountains once formed a contiguous massif but are now separated by an oval valley.