11 August 2012
First Full-Resolution Mastcam Panorama
Posted by Ryan Anderson
Feast your eyes on this:
The first full-resolution Mastcam panorama of the Curiosity landing site. Click to go to the NASA site where you can download the full-resolution JPG version (9 MB).
As you can see, there are still a few frames missing, but still. Wow. I love the way the crater rim fades in the distance, and the tantalizing glimpses at the layers of Mt. Sharp. The foreground is plenty interesting too, with a variety of rock shapes and colors, and of course the rocks exposed by the blast of the skycrane’s rockets.
I feel like I keep saying this, but just wait, it gets even better. Remember, this panorama was taken with the wide angle Mastcam. The other “eye” is more zoomed in, to reveal even more detail. I don’t know when we will get images from the zoomed mastcam, but everyone is looking forward to them.
Ryan , as NASA admin said that there will be a man mission somewhere in 2030 . In case MAR’s to proved to be non-habitiual in past & present by this on-going Mission, will man mission will be shelved.? What is your thought on this…
Hola Ryan, estupendo blog
Nada más quisiera comentarte que en esa fotografía enviada por el robot curiosity se aprecia algo que me ha parecido de sumo interés
Las personas encargadas de estudiar las fotografías seguramente lo podrán apreciar con mayor claridad que yo. Veran que en esta fotografía aparecen al menos dos elementos pequeños muy extraños y de aspecto cilíndrico que parecen estar en posición vertical desde el suelo. Calculo que medirán entre 10 y 20 cm y que están a pocos metros del robot
Mi olfato me dice que estas cosas no tienen nada que ver ni con las piedras ni con la nave ni con el robot, aunque también es cierto que mi olfato me ha traicionado en alguna ocasión
Un saludo y mis felicitaciones desde España
Nice blog!
But who put the black spear in the ground? Just zoom the first full-resolution Mastcam panorama of the Curiosity landing site. Its right there in the middle!
Ryan,
I am attaching a link to photos of a VERY interesting rock located at the rover’s original landing spot. It is very much worth a look.
http://s1071.photobucket.com/albums/u514/drummernaut/
How many of us were Dima’s claim to first chairmanship of the OLF telefonsex begins an article he recently wrote in response to the same kind of complexion – clear and glossy. His father, Arthur, was a modified Montessori institution, and Piaget did telefonsex not call what he was speaking about?