NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

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Mars Guy - Episode 198

The Curiosity rover has a camera calibration target with features that are both functional and a bit quirky.

A Lincoln penny is a nod to how geologists sometimes use a coin for scale in field photos, but this one has endured conditions like no other.

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[–] oyfrog 2 points 1 week ago

Objects of known and standardized size! I used dimes and quarters for my projects filming animals running around.