3D anaglyph image of the Caralis Chaos region
3D anaglyph image of the Caralis Chaos region
Anaglyph images are generated from the nadir channel of the DLR-operated HRSC camera on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, which is directed vertically on to the surface of Mars, and one of the four oblique stereo channels. When using red-blue or red-green glasses, they provide a three-dimensional view of the landscape and give the viewer a spatial idea of the differences in altitude. Such a view provides an excellent opportunity to examine subtle topographical details, such as flow structures on the outer slopes of the large crater in the centre of the image, small valleys, wrinkle ridges from pushed-up lava fronts, linear tectonic fracture structures in the north and south of the scene (right and left) and a field of mounds in a depression in the northeast (bottom-right) of the image.
