Follow The Martian's Journey in This 3D Video

If you would like to experience Matt Damon's character's journey across Mars in The Martian, that's now possible thanks to this 3D video.

According to CNET, scientists at the German Aerospace Centre used image data from the Mars Express spacecraft's high-res stereo camera to reenact Mark Watney's journey across the Red Planet in Ridley Scott's hit film.

Mars Express data has been used to produce digital terrain models of Mars for nearly 12 years; this video traces Watney's journey through Chryse Planitia, Arabia Terra, and his final destination at the Schiaparelli Crater. To produce this video, Germany's DLR Institute of Planetary Research processed 2 terabytes of data from 7,300 high-resolution stereo images.

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