The Mars Curiosity Rover Pictures Thread

xxMESTxx · 10-19-2012, 05:38 PM

Has anybody else been following a long? I love checking up on all the pictures it's sending back. Pretty awesome.

This rover is as big as a compact car, has HD video cameras on it, and not to mention a myriad of other scientific instruments (high resolution microscope, spectrometers, etc). Now that it's safely landed. We have a lot to learn.

Now, the rover sends data to Earth by taking pictures, storing the images in its 2 GB flash drive, and sends it to its linked satellite called Odyssey. Odyssey is only in communication for like 8 Minutes at a time.

Once Odyssey has the data, it then sends it back to Earth.

When Curiosity landed, Odyssey was only in comm range for a few minutes after it landed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhUbu...feature=g-hist

xxMESTxx · 10-19-2012, 05:46 PM

Here's Earth from Mars:

xxMESTxx · 10-19-2012, 06:30 PM

manta · 10-23-2012, 08:26 PM

Curiosity Interactive Panorama
http://www.360cities.net/image/curio....84,20.61,59.0

Spirit's Panorama
http://www.360cities.net/image/spiri....86,28.21,70.0

10-19-2012, 05:38 PM	#1
xxMESTxx EffYouSeeKay Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Mountains Age: 21 Posts: 908 Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 606 Times in 300 Posts	The Mars Curiosity Rover Pictures Thread Has anybody else been following a long? I love checking up on all the pictures it's sending back. Pretty awesome. This rover is as big as a compact car, has HD video cameras on it, and not to mention a myriad of other scientific instruments (high resolution microscope, spectrometers, etc). Now that it's safely landed. We have a lot to learn. Now, the rover sends data to Earth by taking pictures, storing the images in its 2 GB flash drive, and sends it to its linked satellite called Odyssey. Odyssey is only in communication for like 8 Minutes at a time. Once Odyssey has the data, it then sends it back to Earth. When Curiosity landed, Odyssey was only in comm range for a few minutes after it landed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhUbu...feature=g-hist __________________ "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -M. K. Gandhi Last edited by xxMESTxx; 10-19-2012 at 06:28 PM.

10-19-2012, 05:46 PM	#2
xxMESTxx EffYouSeeKay Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Mountains Age: 21 Posts: 908 Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 606 Times in 300 Posts	Re: TheMarsCuriosityRoverPicturesThread Here's Earth from Mars: __________________ "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -M. K. Gandhi

10-19-2012, 06:30 PM	#3
xxMESTxx EffYouSeeKay Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Mountains Age: 21 Posts: 908 Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 606 Times in 300 Posts	Re: TheMarsCuriosityRoverPicturesThread __________________ "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -M. K. Gandhi

10-23-2012, 08:26 PM	#4
manta No Leaf Clover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tropic Age: 26 Posts: 411 Thanks: 1,017 Thanked 1,357 Times in 703 Posts	Re: TheMarsCuriosityRoverPicturesThread Curiosity Interactive Panorama http://www.360cities.net/image/curio....84,20.61,59.0 Spirit's Panorama http://www.360cities.net/image/spiri....86,28.21,70.0 __________________

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