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The Mars Rover Camera Lenses
- By Gregory Hallock Smith
- Published 8 June 2006
- User Articles , System Modeling
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Pictures and Links
Since the landing of the two robotic geologists, scientists have been retreiving extraordinary pictures and data from Mars. Below are some of the author's personal favorites. You may click on each photo to enlarge it and view more information from the NASA website. At the bottom of this page are ZEMAX prescriptions of the four Mars Rover camera lenses.
PanCams
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This is the famous "Everest Panorama" taken with the PanCam on the Mars Rover. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech |
NavCams
HazCams
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This photo was taken with the HazCam and shows the huge distortion of a fisheye lens. Note the instrument arm in action. Photo Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Microscopic Imager
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This is a close-up photo of the Mars terrain taken with the Microscopic Imager aboard the robotic rover. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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1 Response to "The Mars Rover Camera Lenses" 
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said this on 17 Oct 2007 10:57:14 PM PDT
This used to science fiction and now a reality and an outstanding triumph of the human spirit and engineering feat! The challenge for the lens design here is inspiring for me who is just starting it out with Zemax-EE coming from a experimental optics background
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