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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by whuffman on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:38PM (#26186769)
FYI - the HazCams on Perseverance are in fact in color (this is new, they were black and white on Curiosity)! Stereo precision was a concern based on the switch to color sensors, so there was some algorithmic work done to make sure it wouldn't cause an issue. (Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00765-9 - "The Mars 2020 Navcams and Hazcams offer three primary improvements over MER and MSL. The first improvement is an upgrade to a detector with 3-channel, red/green/blue (RGB) color capability that will enable better contextual imaging capabilities than the previous engineering cameras, which only had a black/white capability.")
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by handedness on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:57PM (#26187579)
Interesting, I didn't know that. I knew the Cachecam was color, but somehow missed that detail, despite actually seeing the camera in person at one point...
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by m4rtink on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:41PM (#26188450)
Wow, real upgrades all around compared to Curiosity!

What are they going to do next ? Put on board a solar powered Mars helicopter ?? ;-)