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Sols 3449-3450: Comin’ Down the Mountain

This image was taken by Right Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3447.
This image was taken by Right Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3447.
NASA/JPL-Caltech.

After spending the last few weeks exploring the top of the nearby pediment surface, Curiosity is now making her way back down from the pediment and towards an alternate route to Gediz Vallis Ridge.

The beginning of the most recent drive sequence successfully extracted Curiosity from the rock that stopped last Wednesday’s drive (see images