Stuart Atkinson took 55 photos of Curiosity on Mars and stitched them together to create this hi-res self-portrait of the Mars Rover on the red planet. [via]
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Curiosity Killed The Cat from Trunk Animation on Vimeo. Heh, a slightly dark take on Curiosity Rover’s name and the common phrase uttered with the same word.
Our Curiosity from Our City, Our Story on Vimeo. Another video gem detailing some of the lesser-known aspects of Mars Curiosity Rover. What a spectacular story. [via]
Remember that interpolated HD video of Mars Curiosity Rover’s descent? Well somebody has done it one level better in this video above showing an ultra-smooth HD-quality video of the descent in 30fps. It’s color-corrected, detail-enhanced, and played at the actual real-time speed that Curiosity made the descent to the surface of Mars. Incredible work.
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems I love the little details coming out about the Mars Curiosity Rover. For example, this one: The Penny on Curiosity’s on-board calibration target is a 1909 Lincoln Penny and serves several significant purposes. Primarily, it is used as a reference item to compare sizes of things in the camera’s frame. [...]
There’s an interesting article over at The LA Times about the exciting and utterly frightening situation that could occur if the Mars Curiosity Rover discovers liquid H2O on Mars. It turns out that through a series of unintentional fumbles, the drill bit on Curiosity could be contaminated with organisms and bacteria from earth that could [...]
