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I have a two-camera panoramic camera (one lens on each side) and you can't see the monopod if you set it on one. When the two half-spheres are stitched together
by roywiggins 8y ago
I have a two-camera panoramic camera (one lens on each side) and you can't see the monopod if you set it on one. When the two half-spheres are stitched together, the monopod ends up being stiched away, because the lenses poke out laterally from the body of the camera, they both can see behind and around the monopod, so each view can crop the monopod out and it looks like it's floating. It's a bit spooky.
- caymanjim 8y agoThis is an even more likely reason. I'd forgotten that MER had a stereo camera. If you look at a photo of the rover (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover), you can see the stereo camera on the end of the arm. I'm changing my theory to this.
- caymanjim 8y agoEr, it's Curiosity in the original article, not MER, but the same principle applies.