Sabtu, 06 Oktober 2012

2012 August 27: Curiosity on Mars: Mt. Sharp in View



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Image Credit: NASAJPL-CaltechAdditional Mosaic Processing: Kenneth Kremer & Marco Di Lorenzo

Explanation: What's that on the horizon? The light peak is Mt. Sharp -- an eventual destination of the Curiosity rover. The above image mosaic was taken fromBradbury Landing, the landing spot of Curiosity, and shows in the foreground the rover's extended robotic arm. Curiosity's is already on the move crossing the intermediate gravel field toward an interesting terrain feature named GlenelgCuriosity has also already started analyzing its surroundings by zapping a nearby rock with its laser to analyze the chemical composition of the resulting gas plume. If life ever existed on Mars it might well have been here in Gale crater, with the Curiosity rover being humanity's current best chance to find what remains.

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