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What Curiosity Looks Like From 200 Kilometers Up

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 16:13
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Here’s a look down at Curiosity from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, orbiting approximately  200 km (125 miles) above the surface of Mars. This new image, released today, shows the rover inside Gale Crater surrounded by a skirt of blue-tinted material, including several bright radiating marks –the  result of the descent stage rockets clearing layers of dust from the surface.

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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | 3 comments |
Post tags: color, Curiosity, HiRISE, JPL, Mars, MRO, MSL, NASA, orbit, Rover

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