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The picture that makes you feel as if you're on Mars: FOUR BILLION pixel interactive panorama gives you a 360-degree view as if you're standing next to the Curiosity rover
Photographer Andrew Bodrov used 407 pictures from two Curiosity cameras to make the interactive image
By Helen Lawson
Ever wondered what it would be like to gaze across the surface of Mars? Thanks to one photographer, you can - with only a click of the mouse.
Andrew Bodrov spent two weeks creating the interactive image using 407 pictures from the narrow angle and medium angle cameras on the head of Nasa's Curiosity rover and a bit of digital retouching.
'[The camera] is only two megapixels, which by today's standards is not huge,' he told Popular Science.
'Of course, flying these electronic components from Earth to Mars, and having them survive the radiation and other hazards, means that they were not able to just use off-the-shelf cameras.'
Explore this zoomable panorama image to see what it would be like to stand next to Curiosity on Mars
Photographer Andrew Bodrov used 407 pictures from two Curiosity cameras to make the interactive image
By Helen Lawson
Ever wondered what it would be like to gaze across the surface of Mars? Thanks to one photographer, you can - with only a click of the mouse.
Andrew Bodrov spent two weeks creating the interactive image using 407 pictures from the narrow angle and medium angle cameras on the head of Nasa's Curiosity rover and a bit of digital retouching.
'[The camera] is only two megapixels, which by today's standards is not huge,' he told Popular Science.
'Of course, flying these electronic components from Earth to Mars, and having them survive the radiation and other hazards, means that they were not able to just use off-the-shelf cameras.'
Explore this zoomable panorama image to see what it would be like to stand next to Curiosity on Mars