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February 15, 2009
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Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation.
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The right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover provided this view of the lower stratigraphy at "Yellowknife Bay" inside Gale Crater on Mars.
'Yellowknife Bay' Veins and Concretions (Unannotated)
Scarecrow, a mobility-testing model for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, easily traverses large rocks in the Mars Yard testing area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"Scarecrow" Climbs Rocks
The cruise stage of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is being prepared for final stacking of the spacecraft in this photograph from inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA ...
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Soar over the crater on Mars that will be the landing site for NASA's Curiosity rover.
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This image from Curiosity's Mast Camera shows NASA's Curiosity rover just after discarding a soil sample as part of its first "decontamination" exercise.
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The mesa in the center of this scene from the "Murray Buttes" area on Mars is longer than a football field. The panorama combines images taken by the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Aug. ...
Cluster of Martian Mesas on Lower Mount Sharp, Sols 1438 and 1439
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Artist concept of Mars Science Laboratory Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Artist concept of Mars Science Laboratory
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast to record this westward look on the 347th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (July 28, 2013).
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