Comments on: Check Out This Collection Of Amazing Panoramic Mars Images From The Curiosity Rover

By: Diego Fontecilla Correa

Diego Fontecilla Correa — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:33:00 +0000

thanks for the conversation guys. regards

By: Jon Carpenter

Jon Carpenter — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:26:00 +0000

there is no shadow in the 360panu link because the images are simulate to what should be there when the pictures are complete with more information to fill in the gaps of the Wall Street Journal pictures (which are actual pictures that have been released thus far)

By: John Godwin

John Godwin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:51:00 +0000

It’s not to make landing easier, it’s to make research easier. The locations are picked because they are of particular scientific interest.
The Gale Crater, where Curiosity landed was chosen because it contains geological information in the form of rock layers that can be more readily studied. It definitely wasn’t chosen because it was easier to land; the landing was known as “seven minutes of terror” for a good reason.

By: Joshua Birge

Joshua Birge — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:32:00 +0000

wait so im not understanding why theirs no camera or shadow in the img…

By: Allan Kimmer Jensen

Allan Kimmer Jensen — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:05:00 +0000

You can find it on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover and http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Drawing-of-the-Mars-Science_Laboratory.png

By: Tanja Schulte

Tanja Schulte — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:24:00 +0000

no it´s not mars it´s tau ceti…..

By: Diego Fontecilla

Diego Fontecilla — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:04:00 +0000

just to add, the comment is from the link 360pano.eu.

By: Diego Fontecilla

Diego Fontecilla — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:01:00 +0000

mmmmm, could please someone explain where are the pictures taken from??? I rolled all over the image, the curiosity and all the different angles possible, and it seems that the camera is flying??? there is not even a shadow of the camera! they are great pictures but it just gets to my mind: 1.- a huge processing and elimination of the camera´s shadow and stem, or 2: is it really mars???

By: sandervanderveen

sandervanderveen — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:08:00 +0000

Pretty weird, to be this close and yet so far.

By: Tanja Schulte

Tanja Schulte — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:41:00 +0000

too bad they have to land in such “boring” places. i know they have to because it makes landing easier. but imagine they would land closer to mount olympus or the mars canyons.