This image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. MAHLI took the images on Jan. 22, 2012 (PST).
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has captured its first nighttime view of
the Red Planet using a camera and ultraviolet light on its robotic arm.
Curiosity snapped the Mars night photos in
visible and ultraviolet light on Wednesday (Jan. 22) to take an
up-close look at a rock called "Sayunei," which the rover had scuffed
with a wheel to scratch off surface dust, NASA announced Thursday. One
goal was to seek out any fluorescent minerals, they added.
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