Curiosity snaps self portrait
The mars rover Curiosity, snapped the below image. It is a composite
image consisting of 52 images. Each one consisting of a 2MP snap.
Initially I questioned why, in todays modern age of cameras, they would
use something so yesterday in the design of the cameras. I guess those
rocket scientist know what they are doing. Almost every image we have
seen has consisted of lower res images stitched together into higher
ones. It has something to do with the ease of sending smaller packets of
data over 140 million miles, rather than the larger that a large
resolution sensor would do.
Click the image to see in full resolution.
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