18th March 2016 Sol 1285

One of the ChemCam capabilities is to use its  Remote MicroImager (RMI) to take images of our laser LIBS targets, but also of more distant features.  These black and white images give fantastic contrast and resolution. The pixel scale is 20 micro radians per pixel,  meaning RMI can resolve 4 mm at 100 metres distance. Here is a recent example taken in the last few days, where the RMI shows the layers in Mt. Sharp.

For more RMI see http://www.msl-chemcam.com/

Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/CNRS/LANL/IRAP/IAS/LPGN