Tag Archives: RMI

Curiosity: RMI looks at Mt. Sharp

Posted on March 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1283, March 16, 2016. The Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) on ChemCam takes a 10-frame long-distance look at the sediment layers in the lower part of Mt. Sharp (Aeolis Mons). There’s a lot of geological history to explore there. (Click to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Locating RMI’s ‘distant deposits’

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1264, February 25, 2016. The red boxes on two Navcam images outline the locations of two recent RMI mosaics seen here. Taken at long range by the rover’s Remote Micro-Imager, the mosaics show deposits far away to the north … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Looking at distant deposits

Posted on February 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1263, February 24, 2016. The ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager shot two long-range, multi-frame views showing features of the terrain at the foot of Gale Crater’s rim. One series of images centers almost due north (above, toward 355°), the other northwest … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Northwest passage

Posted on February 18, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1256, February 17, 2016. Curiosity rolled northwest about 25 meters, driving on the rough surface of the Murray Formation. High Dune lies off to the left. Shortly before the drive, ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager looked back at Mt. Sharp, taking … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: RMI does a ‘Take 2′ on distant crater

Posted on February 5, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1244, February 5, 2016. The ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager has reshot (above) the interior of a distant impact crater lying at the foot of Gale Crater’s interior wall, west- southwest of Curiosity’s current location. The arrow in the image at … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Not for today, but someday

Posted on February 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1240, February 1, 2016. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI), part of the ChemCam system, did some long-range shooting earlier today. Five frames, aimed almost directly south, catch layers upon layers in Mt. Sharp and, at right, perhaps the entrance to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: ChemCam takes a long shot

Posted on January 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1222, January 13, 2016. The rover’s ChemCam isn’t limited to closeups of rocks and targets in Curiosity’s nearby surroundings. Using its Remote Micro-Imager, the camera can also focus at infinity. Here it shot a four-frame portrait of the interior … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: ChemCam spies on Mt. Sharp buttes

Posted on October 7, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1126, October 7, 2015. In four frames shot by the ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager (above) we see buttes and layers in the foothills of Mount Sharp. The closeup’s location is shown on the color image below. (Click above image to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Primitive continental crust found?

Posted on July 15, 2015 by rburnham

The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA’s Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth’s granitic continental crust rocks. This is the first discovery of a potential “continental … Continue reading →

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ChemCam gets sharper autofocus

Posted on May 22, 2015 by rburnham

Tests on Mars have confirmed success of a repair to the autonomous focusing capability of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. This instrument provides information about the chemical composition of targets by zapping them with … Continue reading →

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