Archives for: August 2012, 15

Curiosity - Sol 3 - First 360 degree mastcam panorama - First Draft

On sol 3 Curiosity tested out her wide angle mastcam camera by taking a 360 degree colour mosaic of the surroundings. Not all the images from this are avaiable yet so there are gaps which I will fill in when possible. This was primarily a test that I could work with mastcam images.

Edit: complete version here



Full Resolution (29210 x 4976) ( 35MB )
Half Resolution (14605 x 2488) ( 7MB )
Quarter Resolution (7302 x 1244) ( 1MB )
Eighth Resolution (3651 x 622) ( 451kB )

Permalink 15/08/12 07:14:50 am, by James, 71 words, Categories: Curiosity ,

Opportunity - sols 3029 to 3039 - Whim Creek

Opportunity spent the time around Curiosity's landing parked in a fracture like feature at the edge of Cape York known as Whim Creek. Here is a mosaic of the images taken of the feature while she was there.



Full Resolution (17856 x 2944) ( 11MB )
Half Resolution (8928 x 1472) ( 2MB )
Quarter Resolution (4464 x 736) ( 792kB )
Eighth Resolution (2232 x 368) ( 202kB )

Permalink 15/08/12 12:03:35 am, by James, 54 words, Categories: Opportunity ,