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Curiosity Mastcam Filter Wheel
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The Mast Camera, or Mastcam, aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is built with two cameras – the left has a 34 mm focal length; the right, a 100 mm focal length. Behind each lens is a rotating wheel (circled in pink) arranged with filters. In addition to providing color images of the rover's surroundings, the cameras and their filters help scientists determine from afar the composition of rocks by the wavelengths of light, or spectra, they reflect in different colors. On Sept.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCuriosity Mastcam Filter Wheel. NASA/JPL, 2023-11-06. Public domain. ID: PIA26043.
