If you're interested in space in general and the Spirit Mars rover in particular, go download Maestro. It's reportedly the same software they're using at NASA to work with images from the rover. When I first read about it I didn't download it because I have zero time to spend playing with new software. But this morning I decided to just give it a try to see if it really would have a learning curve.
I found out that it didn't, at least to have some real fun. It has a wizard with a Next button that takes you through a number of key images and gives explanations. It's great.
It's a Java app with installers for Windows, OS X Panther, Linux, and Solaris.
Update: actually some of the larger images are not being rendered fully on my 1ghz, 1GB PowerBook. Have posted a question about it, and will update here if I get an answer.
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