Dedicated Curiosity fan and filmmaker Bard Canning recently pieced together the photographic footage from the rover’s recent descent and stitched together an HD video version of the landing, which he describes as a “labor of love.”
Check it out above and compare it to an early attempt by Daniel Luke Fitch at a landing video below. The difference in clarity between the two is literally striking.
Fitch’s video:
This behind-the-scenes video details how Canning turned the jerky footage into this smooth cinematic experience.
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