Mars Curiosity Landing on Planet Mars - Ultra HD 30fps Smooth-Motion

Here is something quite extraordinary: thanks to the amazing work of Brad Canning you are now able to watch the landing on Planet Mars of Mars Curiosity in Ultra HD 30fps Smooth-Motion. This video plays real-time at the speed that Curiosity descended to the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012. As Brad says: "Working frame-by-frame, it took me four weeks to produce this video. It was a true labor of love".

You better don't miss this one, it's the first time of your life that you will see a film showing the red planet in such high-definition that it wouldn't be better if it was recreated by the wizards of Industrial Light and Magic!

Definitely watch the video in full screen mode!




Video: copyright NASA, JPL

Mars , Like You have Never Seen it Before

NASA's Curiosity rover robot is now sending from Mars high-res pictures of the red planet like we have never seen it before. Of course, some will say "well, it looks like some of our deserts". Sure, it does, and personally the closest thing where i've been that it reminds me is the Wadi Rum desert, in Jordan, where David Lean filmed many scenes of Lawrence of Arabia. This area of Mars looks a lot like the Wadi Rum. But, hey, it's MARS that we are looking at, a planet that we've dream about through movies and readings! Mars that we can see now more sharp than ever, just like if we were there ( click to enlarge the pictures ). Fantastic, really!







Pictures: copyright NASA