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January 3rd, 2016
Rear Hazcam Left B image taken by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1212, January 3, 2016
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has entered Sol 1212 and has begun to transmit imagery in the New Year, 2016.
The machine continues to survey nearby dunes and ripples that are part of “Bagnold Dunes,” a band along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater.
Curiosity Mastcam image taken on Sol 1211, January 2, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, Curiosity’s long-term mission is to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes – to determine the planet’s “habitability.”
Curiosity’s Mastcam camera snagged this Sol 1211 image on January 2, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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