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Mars Science Laboratory - Artist view

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech /Novapix

reference: e-son27-62704

Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 10 cm

This artist's concept depicts the rover Curiosity, of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, as it uses its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument to investigate the composition of a rock surface. ChemCam fires laser pulses at a target and views the resulting spark with a telescope and spectrometers to identify chemical elements. The laser is actually in an invisible infrared wavelength, but is shown here as visible red light for purposes of illustration.

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2011 - CHEMISTRY - CURIOSITY - ILLUSTRATION - LASER - MARS - MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY - MSL - PLANET - ROVER - SOIL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -