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PIA24661: Curiosity GIF Shows Drifting Clouds Over Mars' Mount Sharp

This GIF shows clouds drifting over Mount Sharp on Mars, as viewed by NASA's Curiosity rover on March 19, 2021. Each frame of the scene was stitched together from six individual images.

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Spacecraft:	Curiosity
Instrument:	Mastcam
Product Size:	1900 x 1160 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA24661.tif (3.821 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA24661.jpg (88.01 kB)

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This GIF shows clouds drifting over Mount Sharp on Mars, as viewed by NASA's Curiosity rover on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Each frame of the scene was stitched together from six individual images.

The rover captured the images using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam. A division of Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built the Curiosity rover and manages the Curiosity rover for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more about Curiosity: mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/ and nasa.gov/msl.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:

2021-05-28