This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 406 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 27, 2013).

September 27, 2013

This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 406 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (September 27, 2013).

Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 404 to Sol 406, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 210.46 feet (64.15 meters).

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

Credits

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

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