PIA15994: Curiosity's Early Views of Mars
This full-resolution image shows one of the first views from NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (early morning hours Aug. 6 EDT).
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Product Size:  1022 x 767 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA15994.tif (784.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA15994.jpg (93.72 kB)  

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This full-resolution image shows one of the first views from NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (early morning hours Aug. 6 EDT). It was taken through a "fisheye" wide-angle lens on one of the rover's front Hazard-Avoidance cameras. These engineering cameras are located at the rover's base.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2012-08-07