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Curiosity Sends Back Incredible Hi-Res Views of Mt. Sharp

Monday, August 27, 2012 22:56

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Wow — what a view! This image, released today, is a high-resolution shot of the Curiosity rover’s ultimate goal: the stratified flanks of Gale Crater’s 3.4-mile (5.5-km) high central peak, Mount Sharp. The image was taken with Curiosity’s 100mm telephoto Mastcam as a calibration test… if views like this are what we can expect from the MSL mission, all I can say is (and I’ve said it before) GO CURIOSITY!

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Post tags: Curiosity, Gale crater, hi res, Mars, Mastcam, Mount Sharp, MSL, postcard