November 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM PST
· Filed under Leisure, Nerd Stuff
Posted by Bob
Grab your 3D glasses and check out this stereoscopic view of the Gazebo at Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates, California. This photo was taken at Roessler Point, a scenic overlook of the spectacular so-called “Queen’s Necklace” vista of the lower Santa Monica Bay.
We come here occasionally for the photo-ops when the smoky skies of the South Bay give way to the azure ones.
Click on the image above for the bigger picture. You will need 3D glasses to view the image in 3D. If you don’t have the 3D glasses handy, you can see the 2D version here.
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November 17, 2008 at 8:10 PM PST
· Filed under Nerd Stuff, Photography, Vacation
Posted by Bob
I’m still going through some of the images from our summer vacation. I took a number of panoramas and ‘pairs’ to be merged into 3D anaglyph red-cyan pictures. I have shown a number of panoramas but this is the first summer vacation 3D picture to get posted.
This is the result of a pair I took of the ‘Hopi House,’ one of the five Mary Jane Colter buildings at Grand Canyon. The Hopi House is located at Grand Canyon Village near the famous Bright Angel (another Colter building) and the El Tovar Lodges. Click for the larger ‘PNG’ (better resolution) image.
You will need 3D glasses to view the image and the PNG above. If you don’t have the 3D glasses handy, you can see the 2D version here.
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November 9, 2008 at 7:35 PM PST
· Filed under Classics, Nerd Stuff
Posted by Bob
Just feast your eyes on this beauty! This is a 1947 Pontiac Station Wagon.
The owner did some beautiful restoration on this classic set of wheels. The interior was fully restored with original equipment. The exterior woodwork had been fully restored and polished to a high luster. Original equipment chrome hubcaps and the white sidewall tires were a delight. Everything was highly polished.
Click on the image to view in the 3D Gallery (you will need red-cyan or red-blue 3D glasses). While you’re at it, visit Bob’s 3D Stuff to read about stereoscopic anaglyph imaging. Also see the 3D Gallery for thumbnails and links to the entire collection.
If you prefer, the 2D version can be viewed here.
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October 31, 2008 at 5:57 PM PDT
· Filed under Culture, Nerd Stuff
Posted by Bob
On this Halloween, the spooks and spirits are reaching far into space. This whimsical presentation of the Cassini Saturn mission, with ghost, pumpkin and black cat demonstrates a lighter side of NASA for the Halloween holiday.

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October 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM PDT
· Filed under Nerd Stuff, Photography
Posted by Bob
When we go to the Botanic Gardens, I usually do my nerdy thing and try to take panoramic images or get a pair of images that I can merge into a 3D anaglyph. I leave the artsy stuff to Verna.
A few weekends ago, I stood in front of these topiaries in the children’s garden and leaned to the left and then to the right; each time I snapped an image of the scene. If the lateral distance of the camera’s aperture is about the same as the human inter-pupil spread and the camera is held at the same horizontal angle and the same distance from the subject, then a 3D picture can be produced.

You will need red/cyan or red/blue 3D glasses. See Bob’s 3D Stuff page for details. Click on the image for the PNG Hi-resolution version, or, if you don’t have the 3D glasses, you can view the non-stereoscopic image here.
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