Amazing Sharper View of MSL Hanging by its Parachute

(Before It's News)

I have to steal a phrase from Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, who earlier this week said something like, “Things just can’t keep getting more cool all the time, right?”

Well, apparently they can. Here’s a sharpened view from HiRISE of the Mars Science Laboratory descending to Mars on a parachute. It shows greater detail of the parachute and even MSL itself.
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Post tags: HiRISE camera, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover

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