introduced in a long time. because scientists are using volcanoes to research how to deploy drones on mars. need i say more? my name is christopher hamilton, i am an associate professor at the university of arizona and a planetary vulcanologist. we are here in geldingadalir, which is a new volcanic eruption that has occurred in southern iceland in reykjanes. iceland provides an ideal testbed for being able to test different kinds of drones for mars because the wonderful characteristics of the environment are actually very similar to what we would expect on mars. so this has been a really exciting year for mars exploration. the drone ingenuity has demonstrated flight on mars
it s great that lara got to visit a bit of the serenity of iceland, this place is so dramatic. i mean look at that, how the mountains are just touching the sky, it s brilliant. ok, we re going from virtual volcanoes to a very real one now, with quite possibly the coolest story i have introduced in a long time. because scientists are using volcanoes to research how to deploy drones on mars. need i say more? my name is christopher hamilton, i am an associate professor at the university of arizona and a planetary vulcanologist. we are here in geldingadalir, which is a new volcanic eruption that has occurred in southern iceland in reykjanes. iceland provides an ideal testbed for being able to test different types of drones for mars because the wonderful characteristics of the environment are actually very similar to what we would expect on mars. so this has been a really exciting year for mars exploration.
the coolest story i have introduced in a long time. because scientists are using volcanoes to research how to deploy drones on mars. need i say more? my name is christopher hamilton, i am an associate professor at the university of arizona and a planetary vulcanologist. we are here in geldingadalir, which is a new volcanic eruption that has occurred in southern iceland in reykjanes. iceland provides an ideal testbed for being able to test different kinds of drones for mars because the wonderful characteristics of the environment are actually very similar to what we would expect on mars. so this has been a really exciting year for mars exploration. the drone ingenuity has demonstrated flight on mars for the very first time, being able to operate in a very thin atmosphere, about 1% of what the earth s atmosphere is. but it was relatively limited in terms of the instrument suite that it carries, basically cameras. just pouring down, that s a lava waterfall on that side. the next generatio
my name is christopher hamilton, i am an associate professor at the university of arizona and a planetary vulcanologist. we are here in geldingadalir, which is a new volcanic eruption that has occurred in southern iceland in reykjanes. iceland provides an ideal testbed for being able to test different kinds of drones for mars because the wonderful characteristics of the environment are actually very similar to what we would expect on mars. so this has been a really exciting year for mars exploration. the drone ingenuity has demonstrated flight on mars for the very first time, being able to operate in a very thin atmosphere, about 1% of what the earth s atmosphere is. but it was relatively limited in terms of the instrument suite that it carries, basically cameras. just pouring down, that s a lava waterfall on that side. the next generation of mars drones will be able to have a range of other capabilities. small drones offer a lot of advantages, they are lightweight, they do very well i