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Meta Research Bulletin ©2006
For those without convenient
access to the web or red/green viewing glasses to see the Cydonia Face anaglyph
described in our 2006 Sept. 15 issue, we offer some new opportunities here.
Unfortunately, this print medium reduces the image contrast, which is important
for many features. Web versions should be better if the viewer has a large,
high-contrast computer monitor and broadband internet access. Browse through various
3-D renderings (of the Face and a recent Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter image) by several contributors using several
different techniques at http://metaresearch.org/msgboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=909 to see which
gives the best perspective. The files at that link are too large for
downloading over dial-up lines.
Boris Starosta prepared the large
stereo pair that follows. His is a cross-eye version, which some people might
find easier to view than the ‘stare through’ kind. One method to view is to
hold a finger about six inches in front of your face with the fingertip not
covering too much of the stereo pair on the printed page (or monitor). Initially,
place the page about three feet away. Focus on the finger. This causes the
right-eye and left-eye images of the stereo pair to shift in your visual
background. Without losing focus on the finger, adjust its distance so that the
four background images (a pair from each eye) overlap exactly in the center so
that you see only three images. This allows the two overlapping center images
to fuse and pop out in 3-D. Give it time for the fusing to occur, then to lock
in so you don't lose it as you slowly shift your eyes from the finder to the
middle image. Allow still more time for the depth effect to intensify. Finally,
move closer to the page or screen to bring out even more image depth and
detail.
Rich DeRosa
prepared the smaller stereo pair. His viewing instructions: “The viewer should ‘stare
through’ the images as if you are looking off into the distance, so that the
eyes widen and the left eye views the left image while the right eye views the
right image.” Because the images are smaller and closer, this may be easier for
many people, but will not have as much depth.
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