The Clearest Images Of Another Planet You've Ever Seen
Now that the Curiosity rover is good and settled, it's starting to take in some scenery. This batch of images if both clear and exceptionally Earth-like.
NOT a popular mountain biking destination in Utah
Via: nasa.gov
For scale, an annotated version of the figure highlights a dark rock that is approximately the same size as Curiosity. The pointy mound in the center of the image, looming above the rover-sized rock, is about 1,000 feet (300 meters) across and 300 feet (100 meters) high.
NOT a sand dune in northern Africa
Via: nasa.gov
This image taken by the Mast Camera (MastCam) on NASA's Curiosity rover highlights the interesting geology of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside Gale Crater, where the rover landed.
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