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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to scienceEnglish · 7 hours ago

NASA's Curiosity rover catches stunning Martian dawn

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NASA's Curiosity rover catches stunning Martian dawn

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to scienceEnglish · 7 hours ago
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NASA has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of years ago.
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    here’s the article on the Nasa site: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curiosity-rover/nasas-curiosity-rover-catches-stunning-martian-dawn/

    edit: direct link to just the panoramic image: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pia26728-curiosity-captures-dawn-breaking-on-wind-carved-cliffs-.jpg

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    Imagine the effort made to make this picture possible!

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      I wonder what the cost per picture is.

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        Probably lower than you think. Based on what I can find the cost for Opportunity and Spirit adjusted for inflation was about 3.2 billion for both rovers and Opportunity alone took roughly 210,000 pictures. So roughly $7600 per photo adjusted for inflation and not counting the value of any of the rest of the science. I will be very curious to see how many pictures Perseverance and Curiosity end up taking.

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        How much can it cost? 10 dollars?
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw

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    So when did they stop with the red color grading of Mars?

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      I call fake! It’s not red, so must be AI.

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