This image shows a close-up of the rover's "head."  At the top is a white box structure with a large red circle (the rover's laser called ChemCam) to the right.  Beneath the box are two cameras, which will provide views of the Martian surface.  They are covered with protective silvery material.

July 23, 2010

Curiosity's "eyes" (the Mastcam) are shrouded in a silvery material, awaiting their first look around the clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the rover is being built.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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