Posted on 02/23/2013 10:10:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: This remarkable self-portrait of NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover includes a sweeping panoramic view of its current location in the Yellowknife Bay region of the Red Planet's Gale Crater. The rover's flat, rocky perch, known as "John Klein", served as the site for Curiosity's first rock drilling activity. At the foot of the proud looking rover, a shallow drill test hole and a sample collection hole are 1.6 centimeters in diameter. The impressive mosaic was constructed using frames from the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and Mastcam. Used to take in the panoramic landscape frames, the Mastcam is standing high above the rover's deck. But MAHLI, intended for close-up work, is mounted at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The MAHLI frames used to create Curiosity's self-portrait exclude sections that show the arm itself and so MAHLI and the robotic arm are not seen. Check out this spectacular interactive version of Curiosity's self-portrait panorama.
[Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS -- Panorama by Andrew Bodrov]
See? There *is* an artifact on the surface of Mars!!! ;')
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You’ve been busy today. Thanks a ton for all the pics.
Astonishingly beautiful image. Thanks!
Nice picture of the sand floor of that studio in the US SW where the fake Moon landings were filmed. /s /jk
I read that “book”, too. :{)
I still have the book, it’ll be a collectors item some day.
There was a book in the wild stuff rack, back in the mid-1970s, that alleged that there was massive construction projects on the lunar surface — and even had a huge section of photos purporting to show it. Look, an “earth”-moving machine 3/4 of a mile long! Right here, where we drew the arrow! And there was literally nothing there. Figured it was a spoof, but it wasn’t presented that way, and now I really wish I’d bought the thing. :’)
The book I have is actually somewhat convincing...”We Never Went To The Moon” by William Kaysing and Randy Reid.
WQW! A QUADRAPOST!
;’)
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