Curiosity Fires Laser 100X To Create Soil Pit On Mars | Time-Lapse Video
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Laser shots that harness a million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second were fired by MSL's ChemCam instrument into a soil target named 'Sutton Inlier'. Sixteen frames from the 20 minutes experiment are time-lapsed/looped.