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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks down the ramp at the northeastern end of 'Hidden Valley' and across the sandy-floored valley to lower slopes of Mount Sharp on the horizon.
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Down Northeastern Ramp into 'Hidden Valley' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The pale rocks in the foreground of this Aug. 14, 2014, image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover include the 'Bonanza King' target under consideration to become the fourth rock drilled by the rover.
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View Down 'Hidden Valley' Ramp at 'Bonanza King' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This northeast-facing view from the lower edge of the pale 'Pahrump Hills' outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp includes wind-sculpted ripples of sand and dust in the middle ground. It was taken by Curiosity's Navcam on Nov. 13, 2014.
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Ripples Beside 'Pahrump Hills' Outcrop at Base of Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the position in which the rover held its arm for several days.
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Curiosity's Arm Holding Steady, Sol 915
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This view through a valley called 'Artist's Drive' from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as it makes its way westward.
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Curiosity View Ahead Through 'Artist's Drive'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This stereo view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as it makes its way westward through a valley called 'Artist's Drive.' 3-D glasses are need to view this image.
PIA19165:
Curiosity View Ahead Through 'Artist's Drive' (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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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.
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Scene From 'Artist's Drive' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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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.
PIA19387:
Scene From 'Artist's Drive' on Mars (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-04 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began close-up investigation of a target called 'Marimba,' on lower Mount Sharp, during the week preceding the fourth anniversary of the mission's dramatic sky-crane landing.
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Curiosity's Arm Over 'Marimba' Target on Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The Martian outcrop where pale rock meets darker overlying rock near the middle of this view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is an example of a geological contact. It was taken with the rover's Navcam on May 21, 2015.
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Rover's Reward for Climbing: Exposed Geological Contact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-01 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This 3-D stereo view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a 360-degree panorama around the location where the rover spent its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, on Mars. The site is a valley just below 'Marias Pass' on lower Mount Sharp.
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Panorama from Curiosity's Sol 1000 Location (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-01 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This 360-degree panorama from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the surroundings of a site on lower Mount Sharp where the rover spent its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, on Mars.
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Panorama from Curiosity's Sol 1000 Location
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to capture this view partway back down a slope it climbed toward 'Marias Pass' on lower Mount Sharp. The image was taken May 22, 2015.
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Area with Silica-Rich Target Near 'Marias Pass' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This 360-degree panorama shows the 'Marias Pass' area, at center, and part of the slope that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover climbed to get there, at right.
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Full-Circle View Near 'Marias Pass' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows an example of discoloration closely linked to fractures in the Stimson formation sandstone on lower Mount Sharp. The pattern is evident along two perpendicular fractures.
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Discolored Fracture Zones in Martian Sandstone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-04 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover, taken on Dec. 17, 2015, shows the downwind side of a dune about 13 feet high within the Bagnold Dunes field on Mars. As on Earth, the downwind side of an active sand dune has a steep slope called a slip face.
PIA20281:
Slip Face on Downwind Side of 'Namib' Sand Dune on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-04 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This stereo view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover, taken on Dec. 17, 2015, shows the downwind side of a dune about 13 feet high within the Bagnold Dunes on Mars. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA20282:
Downwind Side of 'Namib' Sand Dune on Mars, Stereo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-05 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This Dec. 2, 2016, view from the Navcam on the mast of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows rocky ground within view while the rover was working at an intended drilling site called 'Precipice' on lower Mount Sharp.
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Martian Terrain Near Curiosity's 'Precipice' Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The left side of this 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the long rows of ripples on a linear shaped dune in the Bagnold Dune Field on the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp.
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Full-Circle Vista With a Linear Shaped Martian Sand Dune
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This frame from an animation shows a dust-carrying whirlwind, called a dust devil, scooting across the ground inside Gale Crater, as observed on the local summer afternoon of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover's on Feb. 1, 2017.
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Martian Dust Devil Action in Gale Crater, Sol 1597 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Beyond a dark sand dune closer to the rover, a Martian dust devil passes in front of the horizon in this frame from an animation from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
PIA21481:
Dust Devil Passes Near Martian Sand Dune Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Dust devils dance in the distance in this frame from a sequence of images taken by the Navigation Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 12, 2017, during the summer afternoon.
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Curiosity Observes Whirlwinds Carrying Martian Dust Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This frame from a sequence of images shows a dust-carrying whirlwind, called a dust devil, on lower Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, as viewed by NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover during the summer afternoon of Feb. 18, 2017.
PIA21483:
Swirling Dust in Gale Crater, Mars, Sol 1613 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-05-30 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Pale zones called 'halos' border bedrock fractures visible in this 2015 image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The location is on the lower slope of Mars' Mount Sharp.
PIA21649:
Halos in Martian Sandstone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Clouds drift across the sky above a Martian horizon in this frame from an accelerated sequence of enhanced images taken on July 17, 2017, by the Navcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
PIA21840:
Clouds Sailing Above Martian Horizon, Enhanced Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Wispy clouds float across the Martian sky in this frame from an accelerated sequence of enhanced images taken on July 17, 2017, by the Navcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
PIA21841:
Clouds Sailing Overhead on Mars, Enhanced Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Wispy clouds float across the Martian sky in this frame from an unehanced accelerated sequence of early-morning images taken on July 17, 2017, by the Navcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
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Clouds Sailing Overhead on Mars, Unenhanced Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-04 Phobos Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This series of images shows the shadow of Phobos as it sweeps over NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and darkens the sunlight on Monday, March 25, 2019 (Sol 2358).
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Curiosity Observes Sunset Eclipse: Sol 2358
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 12, 2019, the 2,405th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).
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Curiosity Sees Drifting Clouds Over Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 7, 2019, the 2,400th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).
PIA23242:
Curiosity Sees More Clouds Over Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 17, 2019, the 2,410th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).
PIA23243:
Curiosity's Three-Frame Mosaic of Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This video, taken by one of the Navigation Cameras, on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, shows the rover's robotic arm as it rotates to take a selfie.
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Navcam Movie of How Curiosity Takes a Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-01 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted this dust devil with one of its Navigation Cameras around 11:35 a.m. local Mars time on Aug. 9, 2020 (the 2,847th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).
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Curiosity Spots a Dust Devil in the Hills
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-28 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Using the navigation cameras on its mast, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took these images of clouds just after sunset on March 31, 2021.
PIA24645:
Curiosity Navigation Cameras Spot Twilight Clouds on Sol 3075
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-28 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Using the navigation cameras on its mast, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took these images of clouds just after sunset on March 28, 2021.
PIA24646:
Curiosity Navigation Cameras Spot Twilight Clouds on Sol 3072
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-23 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene. Blue, orange, and green color was added to a combination of the panoramas for an artistic interpretation of the scene.
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A Picture Postcard From Curiosity's Navcams
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left several sets of tracks where the rover experienced a fault, or unexpected stoppage mid-drive, while attempting the most difficult climb the mission has faced.
PIA26015:
Curiosity Views Its Tracks Using Its Navcam
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1.
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Curiosity's Navcams View Its Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture this scene after making a detour around the toughest climb it has ever faced.
PIA26018:
Curiosity Looks Over the Hill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed Sequoia. The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
PIA26047:
Curiosity's Navcams View the Area Around 'Sequoia'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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After arriving at Gediz Vallis channel, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using one of its black-and-white navigation cameras on Feb. 3, 2024.
PIA26246:
Curiosity Arrives at Gediz Vallis Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 1, 2024. The panorama is made up of 10 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
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Curiosity Looks Back Down the Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this selfie using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 3, 2024. The selfie is made up of 36 individual images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
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Curiosity Takes a Navcam Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras, or Navcams, to capture this panorama while driving through the narrow Paraitepuy Pass on Aug. 11, 2022, the 3,560th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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Curiosity's Navcams View Paraitepuy Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-06-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture panoramas of Marker Band Valley at two times of day on April 8, 2023. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas.
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Curiosity's 'Postcard' of 'Marker Band Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-02 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The prominent rock in this image from NASA's rover Curiosity, informally named 'East Bull Rock,' is about 20 inches (half a meter) high. The rock-studded local rise dominating the image is called 'Elsie Mountain'.
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Westward View from Curiosity on Sol 347
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows two holes at top center drilled into a sandstone target called 'Windjana.' The farther hole, with larger pile of tailings around it, is a full-depth sampling hole.
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Sample-Collection Drill Hole on Martian Sandstone Target 'Windjana'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-16 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to capture this scene toward the west just after completing a drive that took the mission's total driving distance past 10 kilometers (6.214 miles).
PIA19391:
Ten Kilometers and Counting, on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Three images from the tool called AI4Mars show different kinds of Martian terrain as seen by NASA's Curiosity rover.
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Martian Terrain as Viewed in AI4Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This set of images compares rocks seen by NASA's Opportunity rover and Curiosity rover at two different parts of Mars.
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Two Different Aqueous Environments
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows Curiosity at the 'Rocknest' site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand.
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Billion-Pixel View From Curiosity at Rock Nest, White-Balanced
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows Curiosity at the 'Rocknest' site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand.
PIA16919:
Billion-Pixel View From Curiosity at Rock Nest, Raw Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named 'Hottah' after Hottah Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories.
PIA16156:
Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-11 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image is the first high-resolution color mosaic from NASA's Curiosity rover, showing the geological environment around the rover's landing site in Gale Crater on Mars.
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First High-Resolution Color Mosaic of Curiosity's Mastcam Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera.
PIA16029:
Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This is a portion of the first color 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity showing the rover's a mountain at the center of Gale Crater called Mount Sharp, can be seen in the distance, to the left, beginning to rise up.
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Mount Sharp on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This cut-out from a color panorama image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground. It comes from the left side of the thumbnail panorama obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.
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A Set of Blast Marks in Color, Left Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This cut-out from a color panorama image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows the effects of the descent stage's rocket engines blasting the ground. It comes from the right side of the thumbnail panorama obtained the Mast Camera.
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A Set of Blast Marks in Color, Right Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This color image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows part of the wall of Gale Crater, the location on Mars where the rover landed. This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.
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Wall of Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This color image from NASA's Curiosity rover looks south of the rover's landing site on Mars towards Mount Sharp. This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.
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Destination Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This color image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows an area excavated by the blast of the Mars Science Laboratory's descent stage rocket engines. This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.
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Exposed by Rocket Engine Blasts
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This close-up image shows the first target NASA's Curiosity rover aims to zap with its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument. The instrument will analyze that spark with a telescope and identify the chemical elements in the target.
PIA16073:
Curiosity's First Rock Star, Up-Close
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This full-resolution image from NASA's Curiosity shows the elbow joint of the rover's extended robotic arm on Aug. 20, 2012. The Navigation Camera captured this view.
PIA16086:
Part of Curiosity's Outstretched Arm, Full-Resolution
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This image taken by the Mast Camera (MastCam) on NASA's Curiosity rover highlights the interesting geology of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside Gale Crater, where the rover landed.
PIA16099:
Getting to Know Mount Sharp
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This color panorama shows a 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover, including the highest part of Mount Sharp visible to the rover.
PIA16101:
Landing Site Panorama, with the Heights of Mount Sharp
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This image is from a series of test images to calibrate the 34-millimeter Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover. It was taken on Aug. 23, 2012 and looks south-southwest from the rover's landing site.
PIA16103:
Focusing the 34-millimeter Mastcam
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This image is from a test series used to chacterize the 100-millimeter Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover. It was taken on Aug. 23, 2012, and looks south-southwest from the rover's landing site.
PIA16104:
Focusing the 100-millimeter Mastcam
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A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA's Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.
PIA16105:
Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp
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This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows a close-up view looking toward the 'Glenelg' area. One terrain type is light-toned with well-developed layering, which likely records the deposition of sedimentary materials.
PIA16150:
Dark Bands Run Through Light Layers
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Mars has two small, asteroid-sized moons named Phobos and Deimos. This frame from an animation shows the point of view of the rover, located near the equator of Mars, as these moons occasionally pass in front of, or 'transit,' the disk of the sun.
PIA16151:
Phobos in Transit Animation Icon
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As part of a multi-mission campaign, NASA's Curiosity rover is observing Martian moon transits, the first of which involved the moon Phobos grazing the sun's disk.
PIA16152:
Comparing Phobos Views
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This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the view looking toward the 'Glenelg' area, where three different terrain types come together.
PIA16154:
On the Road to Glenelg
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Rover shows a high-resolution view of an area that is known as Goulburn Scour, a set of rocks blasted by the engines of Curiosity's descent stage on Mars.
PIA16187:
Best View of Goulburn Scour
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In this image from NASA's Curiosity rover, a rock outcrop called 'Link' pops out from a Martian surface that is elsewhere blanketed by reddish-brown dust.
PIA16188:
Link to a Watery Past
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This set of images compares the 'Link' outcrop of rocks on Mars (left) with similar rocks seen on Earth (right). The 'Link' outcrop shows rounded gravel fragments, or clasts, up to a couple inches (few centimeters), within the rock outcrop.
PIA16189:
Rock Outcrops on Mars and Earth
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This stereo image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a rock outcrop called 'Hottah,' cited as evidence for vigorous flow of water in a long-ago Martian stream. You need 3D glasses to view this image.
PIA16223:
Martian Streambed Evidence Rock in 3-D
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This patch of windblown sand and dust downhill from a cluster of dark rocks is the 'Rocknest' site, which has been selected as the likely location for first use of the scoop on the arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
PIA16204:
'Rocknest' From Sol 52 Location
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This image from a video shows the first Martian material collected by the scoop on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The material vibrated inside the scoop after it was lifted from the ground.
PIA16224:
Curiosity's First Scoop of Mars, in Vibration Movie Animation Icon
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This image from NASA's Curiosity shows a scoop full of sand and dust lifted by the rover's first use of the scoop on its robotic arm. In the foreground, near bottom of this image, the bright object visible on the ground might be a piece of rover hardware.
PIA16225:
View of Curiosity's First Scoop Also Shows Bright Object
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This pairing illustrates the first time that NASA's Mars rover Curiosity collected a scoop of soil on Mars. At right, the ground location 'Rocknest,' at left, after the scoop of sand and dust had been removed.
PIA16226:
First Scoop by Curiosity, Sol 61 Views
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The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover's observation tray for the first time during the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 16, 2012).
PIA16232:
First Sample Placed on Curiosity's Observation Tray
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This view of a Martian rock called 'Rocknest 3' combines four images taken by the right-eye camera of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument. The image has been white-balanced to show what the rock would look like if it were on Earth.
PIA16452:
A Martian Rock Called 'Rocknest 3'
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The image, which has been white-balanced to show what the rocks and soils in it would look like if they were on Earth, is a mosaic of images taken at a site called 'Rocknest' while NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was working.
PIA16453:
Panoramic View From 'Rocknest' Position of Curiosity Mars Rover
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The NASA Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 120th Martian day, or sol (Dec. 7, 2012), to record this view of a rock outcrop informally named 'Shaler.'
PIA16550:
Layered Martian Outcrop 'Shaler' in 'Glenelg' Area
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On Nov. 22, 2012, or sol 106, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was near a location called 'Point Lake' for an overlook of a shallow depression called 'Yellowknife Bay' which is in the left third of this scene, in the middle distance.
PIA16563:
Panoramic View From Near "Point Lake" in Gale Crater, Sol 106
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This view shows the patch of veined, flat-lying rock selected as the first drilling site for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
PIA16567:
'John Klein' Site Selected for Curiosity's Drill Debut
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The right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover provided this contextual view of the vicinity of the location called 'John Klein,' selected as Curiosity's first drilling site.
PIA16568:
Diversity in Vicinity of Curiosity's First Drilling Target
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The right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover provided this view of the lower stratigraphy at 'Yellowknife Bay' inside Gale Crater on Mars.
PIA16569:
'Yellowknife Bay' Veins and Concretions
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The 'Shaler' outcrop is dramatically layered, as seen in this mosaic of telephoto images from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
PIA16700:
Wide View of 'Shaler' Outcrop, Sol 120
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From a position in the shallow 'Yellowknife Bay' depression, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its right Mast Camera (Mastcam) to take the telephoto images combined into this panorama of geological diversity.
PIA16701:
View from Inside 'Yellowknife Bay'
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This wide view of the 'John Klein' location selected for the first rock drilling by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is a mosaic taken by Curiosity's right Mast Camera (Mastcam).
PIA16702:
Neighborhood for Curiosity's First Drilling Campaign
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This image of an outcrop at the 'Sheepbed' locality, taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows well-defined veins filled with whitish minerals, interpreted as calcium sulfate.
PIA16705:
Veins in 'Sheepbed' Outcrop
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This image from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows roughly spherical features.
PIA16706:
Spherules in 'Yellowknife Bay'
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This image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows inclined layering known as cross-bedding in an outcrop called 'Shaler.'
PIA16707:
'Shaler' Unit's Evidence of Stream Flow
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From a position in the shallow 'Yellowknife Bay' depression, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its right Mast Camera (Mastcam) to take the telephoto images combined into this panorama of geological diversity.
PIA16685:
Setting the Scene for Curiosity's First Drilling
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A blink pair of images taken before and after NASA's Curiosity performed a 'mini drill' test on a Martian rock shows changes resulting from that activity.
PIA16762:
Before-and-After Blink of Curiosity 'Mini Drill' into Mars Rock Animation Icon
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) to take the images combined into this mosaic of the drill area, called 'John Klein,' where the rover ultimately performed its first sample drilling.
PIA16686:
Investigating Curiosity's Drill Area
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This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in a white-balanced color adjustment that makes the sky look overly blue but shows the terrain as if under Earth-like lighting.
PIA16768:
Mount Sharp Panorama in White-Balanced Colors
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This mosaic of images from the Mastcam onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in raw color. Raw color shows the scene's colors as they would look in a typical smart-phone camera photo, before any adjustment.
PIA16769:
Mount Sharp Panorama in Raw Colors
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Light-toned nodules and veins of a patch of sedimentary rock called 'Knorr' are visible in this image from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
PIA16792:
Veins and Nodules at 'Knorr' Target in 'Yellowknife Bay' of Gale Crater
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