Ask!   About me :)   APOD   I take photos sometimes...   Personal blog   

Astronomy with a large helping of physics and a pinch of the other sciences.

Curiosity on Mars: Still Life with Rover Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech Explanation: What does the Curiosity rover look like on Mars? To help find out, NASA engineers digitally synthesized multiple navigation camera images taken last week into what appears to be the view of a single camera. Besides clods of Martian dirt, many of Curiosity’s science instruments are visible and appear in good shape. Near the middle of the rover is an augmented reality tag intended to enable smartphones to provide background information. Far in the distance is a wall of Gale Crater. As Curiosity will begin to roll soon, its first destination has now been chosen: an intriguing intersection of three types of terrain named Glenelg.

Curiosity on Mars: Still Life with Rover 
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech

Explanation: What does the Curiosity rover look like on Mars? To help find out, NASA engineers digitally synthesized multiple navigation camera images taken last week into what appears to be the view of a single camera. Besides clods of Martian dirt, many of Curiosity’s science instruments are visible and appear in good shape. Near the middle of the rover is an augmented reality tag intended to enable smartphones to provide background information. Far in the distance is a wall of Gale Crater. As Curiosity will begin to roll soon, its first destination has now been chosen: an intriguing intersection of three types of terrain named Glenelg.

— 9 months ago with 1 note
#APOD  #Astronomy Picture of the Day  #Astronomy  #curiosity  #mars  #rover  #NASA  #space  #science 
  1. blogsohardu reblogged this from astronemma
  2. mikethetrike reblogged this from astronemma and added:
    So incredible. And to think that those mountains are actually ridges of a giant crater :O
  3. astronemma posted this
RSS     /      Archive     /      Random
Astronaut by Peter Vidani     /      Tumblr