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Our 3D Courtyard

3D CourtyardI took a pair of images of our courtyard a couple of month back in an attempt to get a three-dimensional anaglyph image. Using a couple of software tools, I merged the two images into this red/cyan monochrome 3D image. I had to render it in “shades of gray” because our house is too red and the sky is too blue for comfortable viewing using a red/cyan color image.

2D Courtyard in ColorI cropped one of the image pairs to render the color 2D version at the left. As you can see, the sky is very blue and the house is Sedona red. Also, the flowers in the garden are red and yellow.

Click on either image to enlarge.

Of course, you will need your free pair of 3D glasses to view the anaglyph image

December 10, 2013 by Bob's 3D Stuff Home & Garden Nerdliness

Ring Around the Saguaro

Ring Around the Saguaro

During the fall and winter months, the sky is frequently covered with high, thin cirrus clouds. At that high altitude, clouds are mostly composed of ice crystals which act as little prisms to refract sunlight. A couple of days ago, the sun was surrounded by a halo demonstrating this effect. I took a picture of the phenomenon using our big saguaro cactus to block the direct sunlight. Click on the image to enlarge.

December 2, 2013 by Arizona Home & Garden Nerdliness Photography

Wickenburg Jail Tree in 3D

Wickenburg Jail Tree

Last week, Verna and I played tourist in old downtown Wickenburg. While we were there, I made two images of the famous Wickenburg Jail Tree and it’s bronze occupant and combined them into the 3D image above. Click on the image to enlarge.

Oh, and if you don’t have a pair of 3D glasses available, you can see the 2D version here.

October 16, 2013 by Bob's 3D Stuff Nerdliness

Moon’s Messier Craters in 3D

Messier Craters

This is a 3D image taken from the Apollo Command Module in orbit around the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Astronomy Picture of the Day published this image and the following story:

Many bright nebulae and star clusters in planet Earth’s sky are associated with the name of astronomer Charles Messier, from his famous 18th century catalog. His name is also given to these two large and remarkable craters on the Moon. Standouts in the dark, smooth lunar Sea of Fertility or Mare Fecunditatis, Messier (left) and Messier A have dimensions of 15 by 8 and 16 by 11 kilometers respectively. Their elongated shapes are explained by an extremely shallow-angle trajectory followed by the impactor, moving left to right, that gouged out the craters. The shallow impact also resulted in two bright rays of material extending along the surface to the right, beyond the picture. Intended to be viewed with red/blue glasses (red for the left eye), this striking stereo picture of the crater pair was recently created from high resolution scans of two images (AS11-42-6304, AS11-42-6305) taken during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Click here to see the 2D image.

June 8, 2013 by Bob's 3D Stuff Nerdliness

The Surface of Mars in 3D

Mars in 3D

I found this panoramic 3D image on APOD yesterday. Click on the image to view the full-sized 3D panorama.

From your vantage point on the deck of the Curiosity Rover Mount Sharp, the crater’s 5 kilometer high central mountain looms over the southern horizon. Poised in the foreground is the rover’s robotic arm with tool turret extended toward the flat veined patch of martian surface dubbed “John Klein”.

April 28, 2013 by Bob's 3D Stuff Nerdliness Panoramas

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