This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a swath of bedrock called "Alexander
Hills," which the rover approached for close-up inspection of selected
targets.
The mosaic of six Mastcam frames covers an
area about 6 feet (2 meters) across. It shows details within the workspace
accessible using the rover's robotic arm from the rover's location when the
view was acquired. The component exposures were taken on Nov. 23, 2014, during
the 817th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars. The color has
been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under
daytime lighting conditions on Earth.
This annotated version shows the location of
three targets selected for study -- "Aztec," "Agate Hill"
and "Cajon" -- and a 50-centimeter (20-inch) scale bar.
The location of Alexander Hills within the
"Pahrump Hills" outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp is indicated on an
earlier Mastcam view at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19039.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division
of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science
Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL
designed and built the project's Curiosity rover. Malin Space Science
Systems, San Diego, built and operates the rover's Mastcam.
Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
No comments:
Post a Comment