I hope someone can help me out here. I'm doing an Astronomy project on Mars (and some outer planet, I haven't decided which) and I really want to add a 3D model to complement the report. I've got a manned Mars exploration spacecraft all modeled, but I need a planet for it to orbit and land on! So what I need are color photographs (or photorealistic drawings) of A. The entire surface, so I can wrap it onto a rendered sphere in my modeling software (Ray dream 3D, if you're curious); and B. High quality closeup shots, either overhead so I can paste it onto an infinite plane, or landscape-style to use as a background. The project is due Tuesday :eek: (dang, I've got to stop procrastinating), so I need references to some good websites fast. Anyone up to the challenge?

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When oppurtunity knocks, make lemonade!

A confused wise man

(This message has been edited by Captain Bob (edited 04-28-2002).)

Here you go. (url="http://"http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/")http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/(/url)
Use the narrow angle galleries. It'll give you a flattened map of mars that has been broken into smaller rectangles. Each rectangle is a link to a fairly high resolution photo of the same region. They 're all in color. Enjoy ;-).

Matrix

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Oh, I forgot to add (because this information was located on a different part of the page), that the little blue lines (on the enlarged photos) are areas that are represented in the wide-angle section. However, if you photoshop the images together and map it to a sphere, they'll probably disappear in the detail. You could probably just as easily photoshop those thumbs together for a pretty satisfactory map. By the way, the image was cylindrically mapped.

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Thank you thank you thank you! That big thumbnail is exactly what I need, after I got rid of the white. For the outer planet, I've decided to do Jupiter, mainly for it's cool moons.
Anyone else's recommended websites are welcome, too.

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When oppurtunity knocks, make lemonade!

A confused wise man