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Curiosity on the Move
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Curiosity on the Move
Explanation: Curiosity is on the move across Mars -- but where is it going? The car-sized rover's path after 29
Martian day
s on the surface is shown on the
above map
. Curiosity is still almost 300 meters from its first
major destination
, though, a
meeting of different types
of terrain called
Glenelg
and visible on the image right. It may take
Curiosity
two months or so to get to
Glenelg
as it stops to inspect interesting rocks or
landscape
features along the way. The
above image
was taken about one week ago from high up by the HiRise camera onboard the robotic
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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