Showing posts with label NASA's Curiosity Rover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA's Curiosity Rover. Show all posts
Curiosity Mars probe: Sent pictures allow panoramic shots
Initially it was still small preview images that have inspired NASA, now reaching more and more higher-resolution images of the Mars probe Curiosity Earth. Already known motifs to develop even once a brand new attraction, such as the inclusion of the falling heat shield during the landing approach. Because in the meantime the more than 2 meters high mast could be moved out, there are now even more beautiful pictures around the so-called Navcams.
From the first images of these cameras at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a panorama of the surroundings and a self-portrait of the rover was assembled. Both are still largely made up of small thumbnail images and are therefore out of focus. However, since arriving in the meantime, more and more higher-resolution versions of photos, clearly detailed collages and panoramas can also create your own, such as shows, among other things, the picture above.
From orbit, there are other shots that show the area of Curiosity before and after the landing of the rover. Especially striking here are the traces left by the weights according to their case. Moreover, there is a color photograph of the feed around Curiosity on which is again the red color of the background very clearly.
For Curiositys next day on Mars (Sol 3) not only the upload is scheduled for a work on the surface of optimized software, but also the inclusion of color panoramic images. In addition, other instruments will be tested for their ability to function. Has been announced for the future, NASA also augmented-reality applications for smartphones, a corresponding ARTag was attached to the probe.
From the first images of these cameras at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a panorama of the surroundings and a self-portrait of the rover was assembled. Both are still largely made up of small thumbnail images and are therefore out of focus. However, since arriving in the meantime, more and more higher-resolution versions of photos, clearly detailed collages and panoramas can also create your own, such as shows, among other things, the picture above.
From orbit, there are other shots that show the area of Curiosity before and after the landing of the rover. Especially striking here are the traces left by the weights according to their case. Moreover, there is a color photograph of the feed around Curiosity on which is again the red color of the background very clearly.
For Curiositys next day on Mars (Sol 3) not only the upload is scheduled for a work on the surface of optimized software, but also the inclusion of color panoramic images. In addition, other instruments will be tested for their ability to function. Has been announced for the future, NASA also augmented-reality applications for smartphones, a corresponding ARTag was attached to the probe.
Curiosity Mars probe: calculated first 3D images
While further tests provide information about the state of NASA's Curiosity, installation of 2.1 meter high mast of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is prepared. Meanwhile, could be composed of first images 3D images. The anaglyph can be viewed with red-blue glasses. The raw material comes from the so-called hazard avoidance cameras (Hazcams), two of which are installed side by side. Their dust has now been removed, the picture quality has improved significantly.
But the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has forwarded his acceptance of the approach to land another picture of Curiosity. Then the scattered remnants of the Martian soil are to see the different parts of the probe. Particularly clearly the parachute and the impact of the so-called traces Sky Crane. But the remains of the heat shield and armor, go to the Curiosity during parachute flight, you can see. Around the middle of the image is Curiosity with the MSL.
With this detailed information about the landing site of Curiosity, it is now much more clearly exactly how the environment looks like. On this basis, could also be the first color photo classified the probe from the Martian surface and extended by computer graphics. The result gives an impression of the horizon, as he offers Curiosity.
Such post-processed or placed in the context of NASA images found for example in the photo journal of the space agency mission or on the side. In the original images received are also being collected in a separate area, ordered only by the admission date, starting with Sol 0, Curiositys on the first day of Mars. Here, however, find many images whose content without explanation or classification is not visible or difficult.
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