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Here's a full-resolution picture taken by the descent imager as the heat shield fell away: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16021.html http:

Here's a full-resolution picture taken by the descent imager as the heat shield fell away: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16021.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16021.ht... The descent imager uses the same sensor as the main mast cameras, but with different optics.

guscost 14y ago
If that camera works for 10+ years, I'll take that resolution any day! Beautiful! If you want to blow up a giant printout wait for the stitched-together shots, I suppose.