This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 403 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 24, 2013).

September 24, 2013

This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 403 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 24, 2013).

Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 402 to Sol 403, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 207.25 feet (63.17 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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