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Gale Crater
February 15, 2009
Gale Crater
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'Darwin' Outcrop at 'Waypoint 1' of Curiosity's trek to Mount Sharp
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Rover's Panorama of Entrance to 'Murray Buttes' on Mars
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Woman Working on Mars: Mallory Lefland
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This mosaic of four images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows detailed texture in a ridge that stands higher than surrounding rock.
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This cut-out from a color panorama image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground.
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The team responsible for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first definitive detection of organic molecules at Mars.
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