First drill stop: John Klein in Yellowknife Bay, Site 6, Sol 166-271, January 23-May 12, 2013 Options

[fredk]

You fire your laser into my drill tailings:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...0000E1_DXXX.jpg
So I cover your laser marks with more tailings:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...0000E1_DXXX.jpg

[charborob]

I was wondering if Mastcam can take a picture at the same time as Curiosity is firing it's laser. Would be interesting to see the laser do its work.

[Gerald]

MAHLI at work again
One of the MAHLI Sol 230 images.

[PaulH51]

Nice to see, especially with the low angle of the sun, adds nice depth to the image.

[Gerald]

Actually they were working into the sunset on sol 230 (based on Front Hazcam Left B images):

(credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Full size version

[xflare]

Does anyone else see a swirling pattern/structure here?

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...0000E1_DXXX.jpg

[jvandriel]

Sol 230 MAHLI panorama.

Jan van Driel

[fredk]

Subtle lighting differences between these new MH pairs:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...1001C0_DXXX.jpg
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...2001E1_DXXX.jpg
Perhaps these are with/without LED lighting. The differences aren't just exposure, as you can see from the difference between these two frames (see how the lighting in the hole has changed):

[jvandriel]

The making of the Sol 230 MAHLI Panorama.

Jan van Driel

[Airbag]

A pair of Sol 231 MAHLI images makes for a nice anaglyph - does anybody know the target's name?



Airbag

[mcaplinger]

I was wondering if Mastcam can take a picture at the same time as Curiosity is firing it's laser. Would be interesting to see the laser do its work.

One would have to take video since AFAIK there's no way to synchronize single frames with Chemcam shots, and I'm not sure you'd see anything worth the large data volume anyway; Chemcam emits at 1067 nm and Mastcam isn't very sensitive there, though the plasma cloud is more visible. Also, the Chemcam action happens on a very short timescale (shot rate is 3 Hz, each shot only lasts 5 ns), far faster than the limited video frame rate. See http://libs.lanl.gov/CHEMCAM_1_pg_web.pdf

[Ant103]

Hi everyone,

Difficult times for me because of Internet connexion problem at home, I have to move daily to a restaurant with WiFi to grab some pictures, work with them and upload the result on my websites.

So, this last Sunday I've been working with the Sol 223 Navcam picture in order to have the very full panoramic . Hard time with stitching together -adding manually each control points !- to have a good result with landscape and the rover.



And I couldn't resist to make this postcard .

[PaulH51]

Subtle lighting differences between these new MH pairs:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...1001C0_DXXX.jpg
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...2001E1_DXXX.jpg
Perhaps these are with/without LED lighting. The differences aren't just exposure, as you can see from the difference between these two frames (see how the lighting in the hole has changed):

You are correct, the white LEDs were illuminated in one of the images and off in the other...
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...1001C0_DXXX.jpg
When Curiosity acquired this image, the group 1 white light LEDs were off, the group 2 white light LEDs were off, and the ultraviolet (UV) LEDS were off.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...2001E1_DXXX.jpg
When Curiosity acquired this image, the group 1 white light LEDs were on, the group 2 white light LEDs were on, and the ultraviolet (UV) LEDS were off.

LED Lighting data contained here...
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/ra...46001001C0_DXXX
and here :-
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/ra...46002001E1_DXXX

[Ant103]

My take on the Sol 230 MAHLI mosaic (orientation corrected to be the same as we have from both the Mast cameras) :

[Robert S]

Lovely pictures you all make!

I have been here for a while now but I still feel like a 100% noob, haha)
This question may have been asked before, so excuse me in advance. I recently red on JPL homepage
that Curiosity has problems with the A-side computer? Have I missunderstood this, and if it has, how serious is it?

I'm trying to read myself, but I can't figure out from JPL if the problem is serious or not, I do understand that the B-side can compensate
for most things, but how well, and will we see future problems because of this?

Thanks in advance

// Robert