Scene From ‘Artist’s Drive’ on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera to capture this view on April 11, 2015, during passage through a valley called "Artist's Drive" on the route up Mount Sharp.
April 13, 2015
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to capture this view on April 11, 2015, during the 952nd Martian day, or sol of the rover's work on Mars. The rover's location was in a valley called "Artist's Drive" on the route up Mount Sharp.

The view spans from east, at left, to southwest, at right. Upper Mount Sharp appears on the horizon at left.

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/.