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**rengerts** · 08-09-2012, 01:46 PM

You saw it first here. These images from Curiosity have not yet appeared anywhere else on the web. I've screendumped them from NasaTV.

The above image looks remarkably Earth-like, perhaps because the geological processes are the same as on Earth. Several important features can be seen, such as small scarps in the distance on the flat, these will be worth investigating.

The above two are the same 360 degree panorama, just assembled in different ways.

The above is a detail. This hole was created during landing and seems to be our first view of the bedrock. Not the crater floor but solid material created by deposition from erosion of Mt Sharp.

The above is an overview image with landing site at left.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...Curiosity8.jpg

Click on link for image. This is a detail from a re-photograph from Mars Odyssey of the right hand part of the image above it, 12 km downrange of the landing site. The black dots are pieces of the craft that fell ahead of the lander, scattered over a distance of about 1 km.

The MARDI image after landing. The view straight down, about a yard wide. From this and other images we know that there are no geological limitations on rover movement. The changes in soil colour are not reliable.

A MARDI image during descent. The white dot is the size that the rover would appear on this image after landing. There's an interesting high rock a short distance to the south west.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...uriosity11.jpg

Click on link from image. Preliminary radiation measurements from Curiosity. This has not yet been corrected for factors such as RTG radiation. The radiation environment on Mars is currently quiet except for a few heavy ion events. We're approaching the peak of the sunspot cycle so the Mars radiation measurements over the life of the mission are going to be very interesting.

08-09-2012, 01:46 PM	#89
rengerts Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	You saw it first here. These images from Curiosity have not yet appeared anywhere else on the web. I've screendumped them from NasaTV. The above image looks remarkably Earth-like, perhaps because the geological processes are the same as on Earth. Several important features can be seen, such as small scarps in the distance on the flat, these will be worth investigating. The above two are the same 360 degree panorama, just assembled in different ways. The above is a detail. This hole was created during landing and seems to be our first view of the bedrock. Not the crater floor but solid material created by deposition from erosion of Mt Sharp. The above is an overview image with landing site at left. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...Curiosity8.jpg Click on link for image. This is a detail from a re-photograph from Mars Odyssey of the right hand part of the image above it, 12 km downrange of the landing site. The black dots are pieces of the craft that fell ahead of the lander, scattered over a distance of about 1 km. The MARDI image after landing. The view straight down, about a yard wide. From this and other images we know that there are no geological limitations on rover movement. The changes in soil colour are not reliable. A MARDI image during descent. The white dot is the size that the rover would appear on this image after landing. There's an interesting high rock a short distance to the south west. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...uriosity11.jpg Click on link from image. Preliminary radiation measurements from Curiosity. This has not yet been corrected for factors such as RTG radiation. The radiation environment on Mars is currently quiet except for a few heavy ion events. We're approaching the peak of the sunspot cycle so the Mars radiation measurements over the life of the mission are going to be very interesting.
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