Simulation of a Mars fly-over

[Red Commissar]

This is a computer-generated fly-over, but it is built from thousands of images taken by the Mars Express satellite, which provided both the colors/texture and topography you see in the simulation. It's pretty cool stuff:

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Lot of Martian landmarks in the video, like Olympus Mons and the Hellas crater.

[Alexios]

What ever happened to that "big announcement" NASA was supposed to make regarding the Curiosity mission?

[Sea]

What ever happened to that "big announcement" NASA was supposed to make regarding the Curiosity mission?
Yeah, I remember hearing some hype about a big announcement too...

[Creative Destruction]

I think the "big announcement" was a hoax.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

The media hyped it up (http://science.time.com/2012/12/03/martian-life-not-learning-from-a-false-alarm/) because they're scientifically ignorant fuckwits who care more about generating headlines than transmitting useful information.