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Mawrth Vallis
February 15, 2009
Mawrth Vallis
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Clear Views on Mars
This set of images compares the Link outcrop of rocks on Mars (left) with similar rocks seen on Earth (right).
Rock Outcrops on Mars and Earth
These images from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show several impact scars on Mars made by pieces of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that the spacecraft shed just before entering ...
Impact Scars from MSL Cruise Stage and Two Balance Weights
Top of Mars Rover Curiosity's Remote Sensing Mast
Top of Mars Rover Curiosity's Remote Sensing Mast
This image graphs four gases released ("evolved") when powdered rock from the target rock "Cumberland" was heated inside the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity Mars ...
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Close-up of Curiosity's Landing Region
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Curiosity performs the first investigation of active sand dunes on another planet. Studying the Bagnold Dunes on Mars will help scientists understand the physics of Martian dunes and how they move.
Curiosity Rover Report (Dec. 15, 2015): First Visit to Martian Dunes
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Powered Descent, Sky Crane & Flyaway
This mosaic of images from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the terrain surrounding the rover's position on the 524th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Jan. 26...
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Clara Ma poses with a model of Curiosity.
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This illustration depicts a lake of water partially filling Mars' Gale Crater, receiving runoff from snow melting on the crater's northern rim.
Simulated View of Gale Crater Lake on Mars
The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the robotic arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used electric lights at night on Jan. 22, 2016, to illuminate this postage-stamp-size view of Martian sand...
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This image of terrain inside Mars' Gale Crater and the inset of the calibration target for the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity illustrate how false color can be used to make di...
Using False Color from Curiosity's Mast Camera
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Mars Science Laboratory Powered Descent Vehicle
This detailed panorama from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a view toward two areas on lower Mount Sharp chosen for close-up inspection: "Mount Shields" and "Logan Pa...
Looking Toward Curiosity Study Areas, Spring 2015 (Unlabeled)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used a mechanism on its robotic arm to dig up five scoopfuls of material from a patch of dusty sand called "Rocknest," producing the five bite-mark pits visible in this ...
Five Bites Into Mars
A swept Martian rock called "Bonanza King" can be seen in this image take by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover.
A Bonanza of Clues About Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used a new drill method to produce a hole on February 26 in a target named Lake Orcadie. The hole marks the first operation of the rover's drill since a motor problem be...
Curiosity Tests a New Drill Method on Mars
This image shows the heatshield inside a large 'clean room'
One Hot, Giant "Clamshell"
This artist's concept shows how the cruise stage de-spins outside the martian atmosphere, turns to entry position, suffers peak heating just after entry, then peak deceleration, before deploying a ...
Cruise and Entry Parachute Descent
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft northwest of the crater.
Oblique view of Gale Crater from the Northwest (Unannotated)
An area inside Holden crater was considered as a landing site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Holden Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
This panorama from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows details of "Vera Rubin Ridge," which stretches about 4 miles (6.5 kilometers), end-to-end, on the northwestern flan...
Wide 'Vera Rubin Ridge' Ahead of Curiosity Mars Rover
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