"ENGRAVED MARKER" in X3D Stereo
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“ENGRAVED MARKER” in X3D Stereo
Curiosity Sol 906 MR S PDS gigapan by Nev-T
Link:http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/205531/snapshots/620411
Tumbling down the side of a sandy crater are scores of anomalous items, shattered and eroded remains of an ancient culture. Our context view has its focus on the upper left where an artifact lies half-buried at a 45-degree angle.
Moving in for the detail view, we find an urn-shaped rock about four feet long covered with intricate carvings, some of them quite deep. Was it a marker of some kind? An elaborate balustrade from some crumbled palace? The markings seem almost Navaho in nature, resembling the beautiful designs found on native pottery. It beggars the imagination to assign natural processes to so many intricate and regular angles, much less the bilateral symmetry of the piece itself, and yet skeptics slam their minds shut and reflexively proclaim “Rocks! Just rocks!”
Someday soon we’ll be able to walk over and actually examine these intriguing finds and determine once and for all whether indeed, they are “just rocks”.
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“SO, HOW DO I VIEW X3D STEREO?”
Simple! While viewing the stereo pair at a comfortable distance, gently cross your eyes (no eye-strain) until you perceive three images all the same width. The one in the center is in 3D. Just relax into it and your eyes will automatically bring it into focus. Once you have it, you will never forget how to do it. Kinda like riding a bicycle…
For another, more detailed method of viewing X3D stereo, click HERE.
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