3D view of the steep scarp edges in Olympia Planum
3D view of the steep scarp edges in Olympia Planum
Anaglyph images can be generated from the nadir channel of the DLR-operated HRSC camera system on the ESA Mars Express probe, which is directed vertically onto the surface of Mars, and one of the four oblique stereo channels. When using red-blue or red-green glasses, they enable a three-dimensional view of the landscape and give the viewer a spatial impression of the height differences. When viewed in this way, the terraced rise of the polar ice cap from the Olympia Planum plain towards the North Pole (outside the image on the right) with its cliffs up to 1000 metres high is particularly striking, but subtle differences in altitude can also be seen in the region's dunes or the deposited layers.
