I just now spoke to an ISRO scientist and was informed that the video of the moon taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) of Chandrayaan-1 is NOT a 3D version but a video from a sigle view.
I am sorry for wrongly stating in my post last evening (Nov 17, 2008) that it is a 3D view.
The Terrain Mapping Camera can image a single surface feature on the moon from three different views. Though combining two views can help produce a 3D picture, combining all the three views can help compile a much superior 3D atlas.
One can easily identify a crater even from a single view based on the shadow effect. So imagine the quality of a 3D picture when all the three views are combined.
Tags: 3-D, 3D, 3D video, Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayan, ISRO, moon, Terrain mapping camera, TMC
November 18, 2008 at 7:31 am |
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