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This HTML-based multimedia/reference CD-ROM has some content requires red-blue 3D glasses for the full effect. Over the past 30 years, images from NASA spacecraft have revealed our neighboring planets and moons to be surprisingly diverse and complex worlds. These images are usually shown as two-dimensional photographs. These collections of 3-D images of the planets and their moons provides a unique perspective, and allows us to sense the topography of these planetary surfaces in ways that are otherwise not possible. The CD-ROM and slide set features representative 3-D images of the Sun, planets, moons, and asteroids, and an overview of the entire solar system. They also feature prominent examples of each major type of geologic feature, including impact craters, tectonic features, volcanos, and river valleys. Images of the surfaces of the Moon and Mars, and of atmospheric features, are also included. It has 150+ full-sized 3-D images of the solar system with accompanying text, regional images, highlighted features of interest, glossary, and cross references. The CD-ROM provides two ways to explore the solar system: by planetary body, via the Planet Tour, or by geologic feature, via the Geology Tour. View active volcanos on Jupiter's moon, Io, craters on Venus, astronauts on the Moon, stunning pictures of hurricanes, and the Grand Canyon on Earth. See Saturn and its rings in amazing 3-D, and, of course, Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner. |
