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Mars Rover Curiosity on a Familiar Landscape

The new robotic Mars rover landed at the foot of a fan-shaped sediment deposit reminiscent of formations in Death Valley.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Joy Crisp, Tom Farr, and Aaron Zent.

Published August 16, 2012
Data acquired October 23, 2002

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