NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes A 'Selfie' To Celebrate Its First Martian Year
Ron Czapala
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/curiosity-rover-selfie-mars_n_5525935.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
The self-portrait is actually a composite of dozens of images captured in April and May 2014 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager, a camera located at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The photos were taken at Windjana, a site where the rover spent time collecting sandstone samples this past spring.
The self-portrait is actually a composite of dozens of images captured in April and May 2014 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager, a camera located at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The photos were taken at Windjana, a site where the rover spent time collecting sandstone samples this past spring.
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Sounds kinda funny to say, but, Every part on that machine does something, No extra Bells or Whistles needed, Just a lean, mean researching machine...
And look, No Casters!...:)
Thanks for the update Ron.
-Tommy
It is not hard to imagine that in the future AI robotic probes and landers will be the "Earthings" that explore the cosmos..while their human creators have gone extinct long ago.
Voyager will be there long after we have turned to organic dust.
Consider the ST show where NOMAD roamed the heavens...with the race that created it long gone
Interesting, if you look at the high-res shot, to the left of the grey instrument package sticking up in the back, it looks like it drove through a "wet spot" to get there.....but what's the high tech robot doing .......sending a selfie!!! (kids these days)
Even robots have to relieve themselves. Curiosity just didn't know anyone was looking.
Hole-y punctures, Batman!
Evidently, yes, sort of...
This is about a different image, but likely same process:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143244-nasa-combats-the-conspiracy-theorists-how-curiosity-took-a-self-portrait-on-mars
C.W.
My first thought was sand swallows, in case that's a vertical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_martin
Looks like moles.
Probably from a drilling operation.
Looks like good soil for planting some pansies.
Maybe cheaper than to replace a Shuttle tile, but the service call may be a little steep.