Panning for Science

摘要

When nasa's twin mars rovers began sending detailed pictures to Earth in January 2004, Randy Sargent, a computer scientist working on visualizations of those images, was enthralled by the sense of actually exploring martian terrain. Onboard each rover, a camera known as the Pancam swiv-eled and tilted on command from NASA scientists. Sargent and his colleagues combined each exposure into a stunning digital panorama of the Red Planet's landscape.