Super high resolution panorama image released by NASA. Curiosity rover continues to amaze.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia16051_figure_1_raw_smaller-full.jpg. This panorama image taken by the Curiosity rover is 29185 * 4144 pixels and contains a massive amount of data. The rovers cameras are 2 mega-pixels, this is less than a consumer smart-phone camera, but they have many features than lift them above any consumer level digital camera. The 34 millimetre mast-cam took this … Read more

The first colour panorama sent by the Curiosity rover, such an incredible sight.

This amazing photograph is the first color panorama sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover. The high-resolution camera on the rover is capable if extremely good quality photographs. I wish we could send a rover to the Moon with such a high-resolution camera. India are planning such a mission in a few years, this … Read more