A dollar bill photographed from 3 metres away using Curiosity’s ChemCam. The instrument uses a telescope for spectroscopic analysis of chemical elements in targets such as rocks or soil. The same telescope serves the instrument’s camera

A dollar bill photographed from 3 metres away using Curiosity’s ChemCam. The instrument uses a telescope for spectroscopic analysis of chemical elements in targets such as rocks or soil. The same telescope serves the instrument’s camera