https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox Made with wonder en-us 2017-03-06 21:18:49 UTC 2017-03-20 20:47:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png dk40428 https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/158182109 2017-03-06 21:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/158182109 dk40428 https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/158182179 2017-03-06 21:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/158182179 dk40428 https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/159144660 mounted on lower part of the front and back are black/white cams.


]]> 2017-03-09 22:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/159144660 dk40428 https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/159828277 The Mast Camera, or Mastcam for short, takes color images and color video footage of the Martian terrain. The images can be stitched together to create panoramas of the landscape around the rover. Like the cameras on the Mars Exploration Rovers that landed on the red planet in 2004, the Mastcam design consists of two camera systems mounted on a mast extending upward from the Mars Science Laboratory rover deck (body). The Mastcam is used to study the Martian landscape, rocks, and soils; to view frost and weather phenomena; and to support the driving and sampling operations of the rover.

New Capabilities

Several new features on the Mastcam distinguish it from previous rover cameras:

One of the two Mastcam camera systems has a moderate-resolution lens, similar to the Pancam on the Mars Exploration Rovers. The other camera system has a high-resolution lens in order to study the landscape far from the rover.

The Mastcam can take high-definition video at 10 frames per second.

The Mastcam is designed to take single-exposure, color snapshots similar to those taken with a consumer digital camera on Earth. In addition, it has multiple filters for taking sets of monochromatic (single-color) images. These images are used to analyze patterns of light absorption in different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Electronics on the Mastcam process images independently of the rover's central processing unit.

The Mastcam has an internal data buffer for storing thousands of images or several hours of high-definition video footage for transmission to Earth.

Visit MSL for Scientists for technical information about Mastcam

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Second only to the rock hammer, the hand lens is an essential tool of human geologists. Usually carried on a string around the person's neck, the hand lens helps a geologist in the field identify the minerals in a rock. The robotic geologist, Mars Science Laboratory, carries its own equivalent of the geologist's hand lens, the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI).

MAHLI provides earthbound scientists with close-up views of the minerals, textures, and structures in martian rocks and the surface layer of rocky debris and dust. The self-focusing, roughly 4-centimeter-wide (1.5-inch-wide) camera takes color images of features as small as 12.5 micrometers, smaller than the diameter of a human hair. MAHLI carries both white light sources, similar to the light from a flashlight, and ultraviolet light sources, similar to the light from a tanning lamp, making the imager functional both day and night. The ultraviolet light is used to induce fluorescence to help detect carbonate and evaporite minerals, both of which indicate that water helped shape the landscape on Mars.

MAHLI's main objective is to help the Mars Science Laboratory science team understand the geologic history of the landing site on Mars. MAHLI also helps researchers select samples for further investigation.]]> 2017-03-14 20:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dk40428/Dantdm_rox/wish/160107598