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Curiosity sends back flood of new views from Mars

By KH디지털뉴스부공용

Published : Aug. 9, 2012 - 09:46

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Self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast (AFP-Yonhap News) Self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast (AFP-Yonhap News)
The edge of NASA's Curiosity rover, showing the shadow of the rover's now-upright mast in the center, and the arm's shadow at left (AP-Yonhap News) The edge of NASA's Curiosity rover, showing the shadow of the rover's now-upright mast in the center, and the arm's shadow at left (AP-Yonhap News)
The first two full-resolution image set of the Martian surface from the Navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover, which are located on the rover's The first two full-resolution image set of the Martian surface from the Navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover, which are located on the rover's "head" or mast (UPI)

PASADENA, California _ NASA has received a flood of new black-and-white images from the Curiosity rover on Mars that it will stitch together to make a panorama.

The photos began pouring in Wednesday morning after the nuclear-powered rover raised its camera-equipped mast.

The raw images reveal the rover's shadow on the ground and the Martian horizon.

Curiosity has beamed home a steady stream of images since touching down Sunday, including the first color view from the landing site.

Better views are expected over the next several days, including a color panorama.

Curiosity is on a two-year mission to examine whether the ancient Martian environment ever had conditions favorable for microbial life. 

(AP)

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화성탐사로봇이 보낸 사진 봤더니...

화성탐사로봇 큐리어시티가 보내 온 흑백사진 현지 시각으로 수요일 밤에 공개됐다.

이번에 공개된 사진들은 큐리어시티가 카메라가 장착된 안테나 기둥을 세우고 난 후 전송된 것으로 이 화성탐사 로봇의 그림자와 화성의 수평선이 담겨 있다.

일요일에 교신을 시작한 이 후, 큐리어시티는 착륙 지점에서 찍은 컬러 사진을 포함해 계속해서 많은 이미지를 전송하고 있다.

나사는 시간이 지나면 더 나은 화질의 사진을 전송 받을 것으로 기대하고 있다.