Sick 360 Images on MARS. NASA FTW!

[Lemon law]

The foreground shows almost flat terrain with scattered rocks, but the background shows moutain that look very weathered. Much like Earth moutains weathered by water.

 

[sdifox]

awesome!

 

[Shlong]

I don't see that but I see the Martian shadow.
Uncle Martin?

 

[Slick5150]

Awesome

 

[Sixguns]

How long did it take for this to get there? Does look rather cool but I wonder if it will find anything important.

 

[Doppel]

Nice pics.

The thing has dirt on it. Also what appears to be actual damage from impacted rocks, you can see what look like bullet holes on the white top. Is that rock damage?

 

[BoomerD]

How long did it take for this to get there? Does look rather cool but I wonder if it will find anything important.

About 8 months of travel. Launched Nov. 26, 2011.

 

[ussfletcher]

Wow; how many billions were spent take a picture of an uninhabitable desert?

About the same amount as one B-2 Bomber.

 

[dr150]

Link

This is simply amazing.

Meh.

Looks like Arizona to me.

All this money to go so far when we have awesome deserts out here?! They could have packed the rover in a UHAUL and taken the same type of pictures.

Speaking of which Burning Man is coming up. :thumbsup:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that's awesome, what are the odds that they'd pass by the Google street view car!

In all seriousness that is pretty baddass, cool to think that it's actually on another planet and taking pictures of it.

 

[DCal430]

I wonder if their will be a color version of this image. I hope they release a true color one, most mars photos are in false color, were the image is enhanced to allow us to see things beyond the normal human vision.

 

[dennilfloss]

You can rotate it vertically too.

 

[dennilfloss]

Made me a new wallpaper from that.

 

[Vic Vega]

Wow; how many billions were spent take a picture of an uninhabitable desert?

Obviously we should have given that money to some hood rat with five kids from five fathers or perhaps to a big bank so some executive can buy another summer house or perhaps to a technology company which actually has no real product and will close it's doors at the end of the month.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Very cool. This is the first quality image I've seen thus far from the rover. When panning around though you can cleary see the rover, but where is mount that this camera is on? It looks like it is just floating above it.

Also I can't understand the griping about the cost and NASA's budget etc. This is real research, real accomplishments, and an investment in human knowledge and understanding that can't be taken away. Imo a much better use of reasources than blowing it away in either entitlements, military spending, etc. If we are worried about the US's stance in the world and global economy, we need to be plowing more money into science and engineering rather than in welfare handouts (both to individuals poor and rich as well as corporations).

 

[AMCRambler]

Thats the rovers penis. Pics had to be sanitized for american audiences. Either that or somebody strapped on a pair of truck bawlz hehe.

 

[K1052]

If you look at the backend of the rover, there's a blacked-out square. Wonder what was covered up?

It's over part of the RTG. Either there was a mistake in the imaging or there is part of the RTG they don't want to show.

 

[dennilfloss]

You can scroll-wheel zoom too.

 

[videogames101]

amazing

 

[SlitheryDee]

Wow; how many billions were spent take a picture of an uninhabitable desert?

What's wonder, awe, amazement, and the continuation of those emotions worth?

 

[TechBoyJK]

they're going to pump stuff like this out daily. I hope this thing keeps ticking for a long long time.

Can we send one to Titan and Venus please?

 

[Farang]

Agreed--this is awesome. I've been reading up on colonization and can't decide which is a better option--pressurized pods on Mars, or floating cities on Venus.

I hope in the coming decades they start to launch similar rovers on other bodies, especially Jupiter's moons.

 

[TheAdvocate]

 

[Red Squirrel]

It would be awesome to target the other planets too. It will take years for them to get there, may as well send em now.

Jupiter would be awesome. Just make sure Hal9000 is not on the ship.

 

[olds]

It would be awesome to target the other planets too. It will take years for them to get there, may as well send em now.

Jupiter would be awesome. Just make sure Hal9000 is not on the ship.

Earth first. We'll pave the other planets later.