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They're all CGI.

• jessaustin 6y ago
  That's certainly true when we're talking about images of solitary rovers. Now that they've sent multiple robots to the same location, it's at least possible they could get real pictures of them.
  • tempodox 6y ago
    I always wondered how those Mars rover selfies manage to not show the arm holding the camera.
    • amelius 6y ago
      Probably the images have some artifacts near the point where the arm is attached to the body.
      • ncphil 6y ago
        Wide angle "lens" (done in software). The cheap security cameras I use at home do it by default. Not as obviously distorted as a real fisheye lens, but still effective.
  • _Microft 6y ago
    They can take photos that look as if they were taking by a separate camera but they just move the arm at which the camera is attached around. The arm will be at different positions in different images and they then stitch the photos together excluding the image parts with the arm. Edit: I found an animation for you that actually shows the process! It's on NASA JPL's Instagram account, though: https://www.instagram.com/p/6k4pUMFbys/ https://www.instagram.com/p/6k4pUMFbys/
    • chrononaut 6y ago
      Related, Scott Maxwell (one of the former Mars Rover Drivers) found an early prototype selfie the other day from the Curiosity test bed rover: https://twitter.com/marsroverdriver/status/1378207128981098497 https://twitter.com/marsroverdriver/status/13782071289810984...
      • totetsu 6y ago
        It just realized how big it is, seeing next to people
    • amelius 6y ago
      But how could it show the rover in its entirety, including the arm itself?