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kottke.org posts about Luke Fitch

posted by Jason Kottke

This is what it looks like to land on Mars

When the Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars, it took high-resolution photos all the way down. Luke Fitch took those photos and stitched them together into a first-person HD video of the rover’s landing.

Update: I was wondering if someone had done a stabilized version of this video and lo:

(via @willhains)