This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 396 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 17, 2013).

September 17, 2013

This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 396 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 17, 2013).

Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 392 to Sol 396, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 15.16 feet (4.62 meters).

The base image from the map is from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera (HiRISE) in NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

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