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10.22.2012
Laser Hit on Martian Sand Target, Before and After
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The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its laser and spectrometers to examine what chemical elements are in a drift of Martian sand during the mission's 74th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 20, 2012).
This pair of images from ChemCam's remote micro-imager shows the target, called "Crestaurum," before and after it was zapped 30 times by the instrument's laser. The dark pit created by the repeated laser hits is about one-eighth of an inch (3 millimeters) across. Crestaurum is within the "Rocknest" patch of windblown dust and sand. It was selected as a target surfaced with fine-grain sand. The distance to the target from the ChemCam instrument at the top of Curiosity's mast was 8 feet and 10 inches (2.7 meters).
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/LPGN/CNRS
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| current | 01:13, 15 January 2017 | | 720 × 720 (892 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | 10.22.2012 <p>Laser Hit on Martian Sand Target, Before and After </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16234">http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16234</a> </p> <p>The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its laser and spectrometers to examine what chemical elements are in a drift of Martian sand during the mission's 74th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 20, 2012). </p> <p>This pair of images from ChemCam's remote micro-imager shows the target, called "Crestaurum," before and after it was zapped 30 times by the instrument's laser. The dark pit created by the repeated laser hits is about one-eighth of an inch (3 millimeters) across. Crestaurum is within the "Rocknest" patch of windblown dust and sand. It was selected as a target surfaced with fine-grain sand. The distance to the target from the ChemCam instrument at the top of Curiosity's mast was 8 feet and 10 inches (2.7 meters). </p> Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/LPGN/CNRS |
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