Curiosity Send Pictures Mount on Mars

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Car Curiosity rover that landed on Mars on Sunday last, has sent a picture of Mount Sharp. "The mountain is 3.4 miles higher than Mount Whitney in California," said Mike Watkins, Manager Curiosity landing mission.
According to Watkins, the mountain looming in the distance from the landing of Curiosity in Gale Crater. This vehicle is planned near Mount Sharp and investigate layers of soil. This is in line with the main focus of Curiosity in the field of geology and chemistry.
To pan, NASA gave the team Curiosity camera monitors the front wheel. There are six wheels, each of which has its own motor.
Of a number of images transmitted to Earth, only the Sharp Mountain is clearly visible. The remainder is gravel and shadow alone. "Though vague, these are the most beautiful picture I've ever seen," said Watkins. He said he has not know what the surface of Mars.
Sarah Milkovich, HiRISE scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said Sharp Mountain Curiosity snapped when plunging into the Martian surface at high speed. If Curiosity snapped a second faster or longer, would be an empty space in sight. "Without a picture of the mountain," said Milkovich.
A two-year project cost U.S. $ 2.5 billion this seeks to find a signal of such low levels of microbial life on Mars. Vehicle for the car Mini Cooper will explore the crater 150 kilometers wide Gale. In the previous mission discovered ice and indications that water once flowed on the red planet.
In order to analyze the soil on Mars, Curiosity has the tools that are named ChemCam. This tool is capable of firing a laser beam on a small piece of stone. Evaporated material was analyzed to identify the composition of rocks. Other devices are Turret, containing a magnifying camera, a spectrometer. These cameras break down the chemical elements.
Curiostity launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. At that time, NASA sent the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity together. According to the NASA site, Mars Science Laboratory slid from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base.