Aug 18, 2012
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jstn:

I’m fascinated by these markers that Curiosity has strategically placed all over its topside. I assume they’re positional reference points for the cameras, but I can’t find any solid information about them. Are they meant to help stitch together panoramas? The ratio of the rings goes 1 : 0.6 : 0.45.

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    got from NASA in an email: Hi, Thank you for your question! The markers to which you refer are fiducials, which are used...
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