Google Mars

In honor of Percival Lowell’s birthday, Google announced Google Mars.

In that tradition, NASA researchers Noel Gorelick and Michael Weiss-Malik from Arizona State University worked with us to combine Google Maps technology with some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made… Explore the red planet in three different ways: an elevation map shows color-coded peaks and valleys, a visible-imagery map shows what your eyes would actually see, and an infrared-imagery map shows the detail your eyes would miss.

Similar Posts

  • Refrigerated MacBook Pro

    While reading through this mornings RSS feeds, I came across this quite hilarious post on TUAW. A MacBook Pro user was having trouble…

  • Searchlight

    Searchlight is a program for people who have enjoyed the power of Spotlight (included in OS X Tiger) but want to take it…

  • PBS Releases iPhone App

    PBS yesterday released an iPhone specific version of their popular iPad app which debuted last Fall. This well designed app is perfect for…