jim in IA and I threw a party a couple of weeks ago, an arrival party, and I can say that, at least for myself, it was more fun than a
barrel full of bottle rockets on the Fourth of July. Many of you all dropped by and said hello, maybe you had some fun too, but in case you missed it here it a snapshot of the festivities.
Anyway, our little roving friend emailed us some pics from Bradbury Landing.
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Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp
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A view of the base of Mt. Sharp from Bradbury Landing, Mars. The image displays the many layered geology or perhaps more correctly areology of the Martian surface.
The image is a part of a larger image which can be seen here |
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Focusing the 100-millimeter Mastcam
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Annotated View From the 100-millimeter Mastcam
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Above on the left is a test image from the 100 millimeter Mastcam taken on August 23, 2012 looking south-southwest from the landing site. The 100 millimeter camera has 3 times the resolving power of the 35 millimeter Mastcam (picture below).
The picture on the right is an color enhanced image that would simulate how the scene would look with Earth's light. It is annotated to show the distances of various landmarks in view. |
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Focusing the 34-millimeter Mastcam
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This is a test image of the 34-millimeter Mastcam facing the same scene as described above. The 34-millimeter camera has a wider field of view though its resolution is less.
The gravelly area around Curiosity's landing site is visible in the foreground. Farther away, about a third of the way up from the bottom of the image, the terrain falls off into a depression (a swale). Beyond the swale, in the middle of the image, is the boulder-strewn, red-brown rim of a moderately-sized impact crater. Father off in the distance, there are dark dunes and then the layered rock at the base of Mount Sharp. Some haze obscures the view, but the top ridge, depicted in this image, is 10 miles (16.2 kilometers) away.NASA/JPL
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