MSL self portrait, Sols 84 - 85 |
MSL self portrait, Sols 84 - 85 |
Oct 31 2012, 05:26 PM
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Nov 1 2012, 06:49 AM
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The upsidedown landscape reflected in the chemcam just cinches it for me....
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Nov 1 2012, 12:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
The upsidedown landscape reflected in the chemcam just cinches it for me.... ... and in that upside down image we also see (presumably) the reflection of MAHLI. Now here's a question: When I peer hard at what I assume is the reflection of the MAHLI lens I can persuade myself I'm seeing something reflected in that too. Just a few pixels, and it's not clear what. Maybe I'm making it up. It's a bit of a mad idea but I'm sure if there's anything in it somebody here will sleuth it out. |
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Nov 1 2012, 03:27 PM
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Beautiful work, guys! Another signature image in space exploration.
... and in that upside down image we also see (presumably) the reflection of MAHLI. Now here's a question: When I peer hard at what I assume is the reflection of the MAHLI lens I can persuade myself I'm seeing something reflected in that too. Chemcam is not pointing towards mahli - if it was we'd be looking into the chemcam aperture on-axis. Instead chemcam is looking above mahli. So we're not seeing the mahli lens reflected. It looks like we're looking pretty close to on-axis into MC34, but I can't see any reflection there. Can someone figure out what bit of the rover we're seeing reflected in one of the L navcam lens covers?
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Nov 1 2012, 06:26 PM
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Chemcam is not pointing towards mahli - if it was we'd be looking into the chemcam aperture on-axis. Instead chemcam is looking above mahli. So we're not seeing the mahli lens reflected. I agree now that we are seeing the turret reflected in chemcam. I hadn't realized how wide a field was being reflected in the mirror, so we can see the turret even though chemcam isn't pointed directly at it.Can someone figure out what bit of the rover we're seeing reflected in one of the L navcam lens covers? Yes. It's near one corner of the turret. Here's a comparison of the mahli image (reflected) with the new ML thumbnail (white circles):BTW, the ML image was taken almost simultaneously with the mahli images of the RSM! And a new self portrait on sol 85! http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...0008I1_DXXX.jpg |
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Nov 1 2012, 06:37 PM
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