First Color Image From Curiosity
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
That didn't take long: early yesterday we received the earliest images from Mars rover Curiosity's descent and landing zone,
and now we've received the first color image from the Mars mission. It
shows the Gale Crater in the background--Curiosity's home for now--and
the next images will only be getting better from here.
The dust cover on the Mars Hand Lens Imager, the instrument that the
image was taken with, ended up, well, covered in dust from Curiosity's
rough-and-tumble fall down to the planet's surface. Images without the
cover will be sent back to Earth in the coming weeks.
MAHLI, as the lens is nicknamed, is usually used for close-up view of
rocks or soil to be studied, but it can focus from right in front of
its nose (about 0.8 inches) all the way to the edge of the crater seen
in this photo.
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