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PIA16082: Location of DAN on Curiosity

This image of NASA's Curiosity rover shows the location of the two components of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument. The neutron generator is mounted on the right hip and the detectors are on the opposite hip.

Mission:	Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Spacecraft:	Curiosity
Instrument:	Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons
Product Size:	1395 x 1195 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA16082.tif (5.003 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA16082.jpg (229.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image of NASA's Curiosity rover shows the location of the two components of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument. The neutron generator is mounted on the right hip (visible in this view), and the detectors are on the opposite hip.

JPL manages the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2012-08-21