Just 96 hours into the Martian orbit, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), which has won global acclaim, has already released its first 3D image of the Red planet. MOM had entered the Martian orbit on September 24. The 3D picture was generated from multiple images taken by MOM's Mars Colour Camera on September 28 from an altitude of nearly 74,500 kilometers. It has expanded on the initial 2D global image of Mars which was published by the Time magazine.
Isro said in order to obtain the 3D effect, viewers will have to use red and blue anaglyph glasses. “What sorcery is this? Get your 3D glasses to look at Mars the way I do,“ MOM tweeted.
Seeing the image through the glasses, will give one the impression of being close to the Red planet. A huge dust storm in the northern hemisphere and below it the southern polar ice cap are also clearly visible.
Days after it published an offensive cartoon mocking India’s successful Mars mission, The New York Times on Monday apologized, saying it was not trying to “impugn” India but was highlighting that space programmes are no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries.
“A large number of readers have complained about a recent editorial cartoon in The International New York Times, about India’s foray into space exploration. The intent of the cartoonist, Heng Kim Song, was to highlight how space exploration is no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries,“ Andrew Rosenthal, NYT's Editorial Page editor said in a Facebook post. “We apologize to readers who were offended by the choice of images in this cartoon,“ Rosenthal said.
But several people commented on the social media website that the paper should publish the apology instead of saying sorry on a Facebook page.
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