Wondering what cameras are on-board NASA Curiosity and currently beaming down photos from Mars? Wonder no more. Explains Popular Photography, "The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, aka the Curiosity) has two mast cameras...One has a fixed 34mm f/8 lens that covers a 15° field of view, covering 1200x1200 pixels on a 1600 by 1200 CCD. The other is a fixed 100mm f/10 lens, with a 5.1° field of view on an identical sensor."
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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