Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Curiosity's Descent



This video is what I've always wanted to see! It consists of 297 thumbnail images from the MARDI instrument and shows the view from the rover as it descended yesterday. It starts with the heat shield falling away and ends with a scene showing dust being blown by the descent stages's rockets (the 'jet-pack' that brought Curiosity down the last few hundred metres). These are only thumbnails, there are 660 high resolution colour images waiting to come down! Stay tuned.

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