An evening that brought me very close to Curiosity

Posted 2013/02/15 09:00 CST | 3 comments

Damien Bouic received some well-deserved recognition from the Chemcam team for his great Curiosity image processing work.

Meeting Jake Matijevic, Curiosity sol 43

Posted 2013/02/14 | 0 comments

Curiosity pulled up to Jake Matijevic on sol 43 (September 19, 2013), and later performed the first "in-situ" science with arm-mounted instruments on that rock. This panorama is from the black-and-white Navcam and has been colorized with Mastcam data. The Navcam panorama was chosen because of its dramatic lighting.

Twilight at Glenelg, Curiosity sols 170 and 176

Posted 2013/02/14 | 0 comments

Curiosity shot most of this panorama on sol 170 (January 27, 2013), shortly after arriving at Yellowknife Bay. A small section near the setting Sun was taken on a later day, sol 176. The sky here is synthetic to suppress seams between images. The blue color near the setting Sun is modeled on sunset colors observed by previous landed missions.

Curiosity Navcam panorama, sols 168-9

Posted 2013/01/29 | 1 comments

On sol 168, Curiosity took in the view of "Yellowknife Bay" in the foreground and the distant peak of Mount Sharp in the background. The "John Klein" sampling area is within reach of the robotic arm, which has pressed the APXS elemental analyzer against a spot of bedrock.