Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., hemos recibido la información de la Agencia Espacial NASA, sobre las travesuras que hace le robot Curiosity, en la superficie de Marte, asentado en el Monte de Sharp, esto es un raro autoretrato del robot.
La escena combina docenas de imágenes tomadas durante enero 2015 por la cámara de : the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), en el extremo del brazo robótico del rover. El afloramiento pálido "Pahrump Hills" rodea al rover, y la parte superior del monte Sharp es visible en el horizonte. Suelo más oscuro en la parte superior derecha e inferior izquierda sostiene ondulaciones de la arena arrastrada por el viento y el polvo.
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the
"Mojave" site, where its drill collected the mission's second taste of Mount
Sharp.
The scene combines dozens of images taken during January 2015 by the Mars
Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The pale
"Pahrump Hills" outcrop surrounds the rover, and the upper portion of Mount
Sharp is visible on the horizon. Darker ground at upper right and lower left
holds ripples of wind-blown sand and dust.
An annotated
version, Fig. A, labels several of the sites Curiosity has investigated
during three passes up the Pahrump Hills outcrop examining the outcrop at
increasing levels of detail. The rover used its sample-collecting drill at
"Confidence Hills" as well as at Mojave, and in late February was assessing
"Telegraph Peak" as a third drilling site.
The view does not include the rover's robotic arm. Wrist motions and turret
rotations on the arm allowed MAHLI to acquire the mosaic's component images. The
arm was positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, that
were used in this mosaic. This process was used previously in acquiring and
assembling Curiosity self-portraits taken at sample-collection sites "Rocknest"
(http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16468),
"John Klein"
(http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16937)
and "Windjana"
Curiosity used its drill to collect a sample of rock powder from target
"Mojave 2" at this site on Jan. 31, 2015. The full-depth, sample-collection
hole and the shallower preparation test hole beside it are visible in front of
the rover in this self-portrait, and in more detail at
The Mojave site is in the "Pink Cliffs" portion of the Pahrump Hills outcrop.
The outcrop is an exposure of the Murray formation, which forms the basal
geological layer of Mount Sharp. Views of Pahrump Hills from other angles are
at
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19039
and the inset at
The frames showing the rover in this mosaic were taken during the 868th
Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Jan. 14, 2015). Additional
frames around the edges to extend the amount of terrain included in the scene
were taken on Sol 882 (Jan. 29, 2015). The frames showing the drill holes were
taken on Sol 884 (Jan. 31, 2015).
For scale, the rover's wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and
about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide. The drilled holes in the rock are 0.63
inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter.
MAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science
Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity
rover.
More information about Curiosity is online at
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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