Curiosity at Woodland Bay
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck.
The image shows Curiosity at a location called “Woodland Bay.” It’s just one of many stops the rover has made in an area referred to as the “clay-bearing unit” on the side of 5 km-high Mount Sharp within Gale Crater. For a closer look at this clay-bearing unit, see the image below, which was taken by the rover on Sol 2440 (June 18th, 2019) at a place called “Teal Ridge”.
Look carefully at the inset on the main image, and you can make out what is likely Curiosity's “head,” technically known as the remote sensing mast. A bright spot appears in the upper-left corner of the rover.
Curiosity at Woodland Bay
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck.
The image shows Curiosity at a location called “Woodland Bay.” It’s just one of many stops the rover has made in an area referred to as the “clay-bearing unit” on the side of 5 km-high Mount Sharp within Gale Crater. For a closer look at this clay-bearing unit, see the image below, which was taken by the rover on Sol 2440 (June 18th, 2019) at a place called “Teal Ridge”.
Look carefully at the inset on the main image, and you can make out what is likely Curiosity's “head,” technically known as the remote sensing mast. A bright spot appears in the upper-left corner of the rover.