First surface photo is in too! https://i.imgur.com/C2s1job.jpg
N00b question: why is it black & white?
My guess is lower image size, which means image can get transferred faster.
Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
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#82NASA's ability of succeeding at landing things successfully on the first try on foreign bodies since 1969 is mind-blowing. Meanwhile, SpaceX takes half a dozen tries before managing to do the same on a fully known environment on Earth.
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#83That live stream was epic! It was great to see them so happy :)
I thought they looked anxious and overheated.
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#84Seeing the engineers and scientists celebrating the successful landing was one the best things I've seen in a LONG while. Very live affirming and inspiring to me!
Is part of the joy that they now have secure jobs for years to come?
Maybe but for me I think it would the joy of completing such a massive task so well. They literally just achieved something that no one else in history has.
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#88First surface photo is in too! https://i.imgur.com/C2s1job.jpg
N00b question: why is it black & white?
I heard on the live stream that it was taken by a camera that is used by the driving system.
Guessing its black and white/high contrast to help see rocks etc. And probably much lower res, smaller file size too for transferring.
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#89First surface photo is in too! https://i.imgur.com/C2s1job.jpg
N00b question: why is it black & white?
Just an enthusiast, no real answers, but here's a guess:
These are hazard cameras, designed to be inputs into the guidance algorithms on board. It might make sense for such a camera to be B/W to reduce on board processing required. There's also a glass cover on them, and a lot of dust from the landing, so that may be obscuring true color if the cameras do in fact take color images.
Also they may have just transmitted a lower quality B/W image to get something back to Earth quickly, since higher res images take longer to uplink.