Curiosity works the night shift
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MAHLI's first night imaging of Martian rock "Sayunei" under white lighting (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
MAHLI's first night imaging of Martian rock called "Sayunei" under ultraviolet lighting (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
First night image of MAHLI calibration target in white lighting (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
First night image of MAHLI calibration target under ultraviolet lights (Imaget: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Curiosity's calibration target (image: NASA/JPL-Caltech )
Penny on Curiosity's calibration target used for scale (image: NASA/JPL-Caltech )
Curiosity's calibration target showing location on rover (image: NASA/JPL-Caltech )
The MAHLI unit as seen from Curiosity's mast camera (Image: NASA)
Article Summary
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has taken to working the night shift lately. This week, on the Martian night of January 22, the nuclear-powered explorer used its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) instrument under ultraviolet light to examine a rock called "Sayunei” as part of its two-year mission to seek out areas of the Red Planet where life may once or could still exist.
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