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February 18th, 2016
Mastcam Right camera on Curiosity snapped this image on Sol 1255 February 16, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
It is Sol 1257 for the NASA Curiosity Mars rover.
New imagery has been released showing the surrounding Mars landscape as the rover continues its mission since landing on the Red Planet in August 2012.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
A new map has been posted showing the route driven by Curiosity through the 1255 Martian day, or sol, of the robot’s trek on Mars, as of February, 16, 2016).
Numbering of the dots along the line in the photo indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 1250 to Sol 1255, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 48.76 feet (14.86 meters).
The base image from the map is from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera (HiRISE) in NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Mastcam Left image taken by Curiosity on Sol 1255, February 16, 2016.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Navcam Right B image taken by Curiosity on Sol 1256, February 17, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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