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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/14/nasa_explains_curioisty_self_portraits/
NASA has published a long and detailed explanation of just how its Curiosity rover managed to take a self-portrait.
The agency has posted a video, which we've popped at the bottom of the story, and lengthy text explanations of the way it assembled the shot below.
NASA says “Curiosity held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating a high-resolution, full-color portrait of the rover itself.”
Here's the resulting mosaic self-portrait.
NASA has published a long and detailed explanation of just how its Curiosity rover managed to take a self-portrait.
The agency has posted a video, which we've popped at the bottom of the story, and lengthy text explanations of the way it assembled the shot below.
NASA says “Curiosity held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating a high-resolution, full-color portrait of the rover itself.”
Here's the resulting mosaic self-portrait.
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