Stunning New 3-D Moon Map Made From Lunar Data

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By Dave Mosher Email Author February 10, 2012 | 2:37 pm | Categories: Space, Tech


Thanks to a new 3-D map of the moon, earthbound viewers can see its landscape with a clarity that only Apollo’s astronauts have previously enjoyed.

“NASA put out some amazing digital elevation data of the moon late last year, but nobody had released it in true 3-D. So I decided I would,” said Jeffrey Ambroziak, the map’s creator.

Ambroziak recently launched a Kickstarter project to fund the printing of a full-resolution, two-sided “National Geographic-style” 3-D moon map. The image above is a section of that full map. (No 3-D glasses? Follow Wired’s How-To Wiki article on creating a custom pair, which in a pinch can be done with just a CD jewel box and some markers.)


Traditional 3-D images create the illusion of depth by tricking your brain into merging two slightly different images. Red-blue anaglyphs that superimpose separate images use this technique, as do 3-D movies that alternate perspective in every second frame.


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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/3d-moon-map/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Very Cool , Thanks.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Just got out the 3-D glasses to check it out

Love it. As with most 3D-maps, the vertical is exaggerated to make the relief more apparent.

I remeber being a little disapointed in the 1960's as we learned that the Moon's topography was not the spectacular "craggyness" depicted in "The Conquest of Space", but rather smooth from eons of micrometeor bombardment. Nevertheless, it is very interesting place!

[shraby]

3. Looks like where ever you stand, you're going to be hit by something.