Eli5: why is this rover camera Black and White

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Is it needed for a specific purpose or what? Wouldn’t it be easier to take a normal unedited image and Later use a filter on it?

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Those were hazard cameras that are pointed directly in front and below the vehicle, just to spot hazardous rocks that could damage the vehicle. They don’t need to be hi-res or color, they just need to be able to tell “don’t drive this way”.

The good cameras are all located on an extendable arm that will be unfolded soon, i think they will blow a cover off with pyrotechnics today, and then that arm gets raised and we will see Mars in all its glory.

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