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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
JPL-Caltech,
Additional Mosaic Processing:
Kenneth Kremer & Marco Di Lorenzo
Explanation:
What's that on the horizon?
The light peak is
Mt. Sharp -- an
eventual destination
of the Curiosity rover.
The above image mosaic
was taken from
Bradbury Landing, the
landing spot of Curiosity,
and shows in the foreground the rover's extended
robotic
arm.
Curiosity's is already
on the move
crossing the intermediate gravel field toward an
interesting
terrain feature named
Glenelg.
Curiosity
has also already started analyzing its surroundings by
zapping a
nearby rock
with its laser to analyze the chemical composition of the resulting gas plume.
If life ever existed on Mars it might well have been here in Gale crater,
with the Curiosity rover being humanity's current best chance to
find
what remains.
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars
Publications with words: Mars
See also:
- APOD: 2026 July 29 Á Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars
- APOD: 2026 July 28 Á Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes
- APOD: 2026 July 21 Á Turtle Rock on Mars
- APOD: 2026 June 27 Á Mars Marathon by Perseverance
- APOD: 2026 February 22 Á Shadow of a Martian Robot
- APOD: 2026 February 1 Á Galle: Happy Face Crater on Mars
- APOD: 2025 September 28 Á Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks