Visionary
Technology
The twin boxes seen
above on Persever-
ance’s mast are its
main cameras, which
stand six and a half
feet off the ground
and are positioned to
enable stereo vision.
The views of Mars they
send back will “make us
feel like we’re standing
there,” says planetary
scientist Jim Bell of
Arizona State Univer-
sity. Unlike the human
eye, these instruments
can “see” in multiple
wavelengths.
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