3D-view of part of the Martian north pole
3D-view of part of the Martian north pole
Anaglyph images can be produced from data acquired by the nadir channel (oriented vertically onto the surface of Mars) of the HRSC instrument on board the ESA Mars Express spacecraft and one of the four oblique-view stereo channels. When viewed with red-blue or red-green glasses, these images give a three-dimensional view of the landscape. North is at the top right of the image. This view clearly shows the height difference of up to 2000 metres between the dark clefts in the polar cap, which are several hundred metres deep, and ice-covered hills.
