Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Sharp-lensed imager...

named MAHLI will yield similar views when it arrives on Mars (click to enlarge to full resolution):
The metal spheres seen in the test image are 2 mm in diameter, and I can clearly see both quartz and feldspar grains, as well as fragments of basalt and pumice.  The MAHLI camera (the Mars Hand Lens Imager) will be attached to the articulated arm on the Mars Science Laboratory, to be launched toward the red planet in 2011.

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