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Yeah, and Bob Costas just signed a multi-year deal and will be hosting NASA missions instead of the Olympics. Apparently, they clinched the deal by allowing him to have his body frozen and sent into space when he dies.
Checking out the Rover Deck in Full Resolution
This full-resolution self-portrait shows the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover from the rover's Navigation cameras. The back of the rover can be seen at the top left of the image, and two of the rover's right side wheels can be seen on the left. Part of the pointy rim of Gale Crater forms the lighter color strip in the background. Bits of gravel, about 0.4 inches (1 centimeter) in size, are visible on the deck of the rover.
This mosaic is made of eight images, each of 1,024 by 1,024 pixels, taken late at night on Aug. 7 PDT (early morning Aug. 8 EDT). It uses an average of the Navcam positions to synthesize the point of view of a single camera, with a field of view of 120 degrees. Seams between the images have been minimized, but a few are still visible. The wide field of view introduces some distortion at the edges of the mosaic.
The "augmented reality" or AR tag seen in the middle of the image can be used in the future with smart phones to obtain more information about the mission.