Curiosity Snaps 'Arm's Length' Self Portrait 96
astroengine writes "Using its robotic arm-mounted MAHLI camera, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped, quite possibly, the most iconic image to come from the mission so far. By stitching together 55 high-resolution photos, the rover has snapped an 'arm's length' self portrait, capturing its location in the geologically interesting area known as 'Rocknest,' including its recent scoop marks in the Martian soil and the base of Mt. Sharp." Note to NASA: Please sell this image in the form of a fundraising poster.
Re:Where is the arm? (Score:5, Informative)
Apparently it is attached to the rover by the horizontal cylinder shaped appendix between the front wheels.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/uploads/RTEmagicC_Msl-arm.jpg.jpg [thenakedscientists.com]
Also google for "mars curiosity arm" theres some really nice pictures there.
Thirty-five megapixel version (Score:5, Informative)
5463 x 7595 pixels (width x height) [nasa.gov]
Re:Why are there footprints... (Score:5, Informative)
Those are the little trenches where it was scooping soil samples.
Re:Where is the arm? (Score:5, Informative)
Top-left here [nasa.gov].
(Of note - the raw images got released quite a few hours before the official stitched version did. So a bunch of amateurs including myself [hylobatidae.org] and others [unmannedspaceflight.com] used various panorama-assembling software to assemble our own, unofficial stitched versions. Seeing Curiosity like this before pretty much everyone else was great...)
Note to Slashdot (Score:5, Informative)
Please don't don't try to 'sell' page hits. Use the source [nasa.gov]...
Re:Where is the arm? (Score:4, Informative)
Top-left here [nasa.gov].
Thanks! Now I see that the arm has indeed been removed by using other photos. And also in this place on the stiched photo there is a small inconsitency.