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NASA's Curiosity rover catches stunning Martian dawn
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
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Imagine the effort made to make this picture possible!

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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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Imagine the effort made to make this picture possible!

I wonder what the cost per picture is.

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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
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I wonder what the cost per picture is.

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

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SpruceBringsteen lemmy.world SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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So when did they stop with the red color grading of Mars?

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melfie lemmy.zip melfie@lemmy.zip
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So when did they stop with the red color grading of Mars?

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

/s

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rollin piefed.social rollin@piefed.social
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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:

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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I wonder what the cost per picture is.

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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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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