"Explore Mars in Stunning 3D with NASA's Latest Interactive Mosaic"

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Caltech has published a 5.7 terapixel mosaic of Mars that can be explored in 3D, with a resolution of five metres per pixel, boasting twenty times the image quality of previous global Mars maps. The 3D map scales to "outcrop resolution," meaning it's detailed enough to make out small rock formations that could be of interest to scientists, but also is to the average internet user to view the contours of Mars. The 110,000 images used to generate the map were snapped by the Context Camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006.
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