Safe landing on mars. 1st image in is low res hazcam fish eye b/w landscape w in mins.

14 min delay
- bill 8-06-2012 6:47 am

raw images
- bill 8-06-2012 6:52 am [add a comment]


oh, you mean this mission to mars. it must be an important one with this collection of dignitaries on hand.

Mission controllers were joined by 1,400 scientists, engineers and dignitaries who tensely waited at JPL to learn Curiosity's fate, among them film star Morgan Freeman, television's "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek, comic actor Seth Green and actress June Lockhart of "Lost in Space" fame.

- dave 8-06-2012 3:04 pm [add a comment]


[Holding camera pointed at ground.] Is it this button?
- mark 8-06-2012 6:39 pm [add a comment]


This is what 14 light-minutes looks like. This distance from the sun to the earth is about 8 light-minutes.

mars earth positions

- mark 8-06-2012 6:47 pm [add a comment]


For comparision, this is approx. one light-nanosecond.

light-nanosecond
- mark 8-06-2012 6:56 pm [add a comment]


panorama
- linda 8-09-2012 12:36 am [add a comment]


Man, thanks Linda. This stuff for me is the max. Documentary photography remote.
- bill 8-09-2012 2:19 am [add a comment]


Somebody did a donut on Mars. Jealous.
- mark 8-09-2012 4:49 am [add a comment]


There's a cone in the sky
- steve 8-09-2012 5:32 am [add a comment]


They need a robotic arm with a feather duster attachment. Panels dirty already.
- mark 8-09-2012 6:43 pm [add a comment]





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