Last August, the Mars rover Curiosity made it's unprecedented landing on the red planet via the "seven minutes of terror."
Pictured above in this unusual vista are three of Curiosity's six wheels, each measuring about half a meter across. In recent months, Curiosity has been exploring the surroundings of an area dubbed Yellowknife Bay. Analyses of data taken by Curiosity's cameras and onboard laboratories has provided strong new evidence that Mars could once have supported life. In the distance is part of the slope to the central peak inside Gale Crater that Curiosity is scheduled to attempt to climb -- Mt. Sharp.
Via APOD.
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ReplyDeleteGo magic typing fingers;
DeleteThe holes in Curiosity's wheels are Morse code for "JPL".
*--- is J
*--* is P
*-** is L
I heard it was morse code for L -O - U!
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