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The U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday the photo shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater in the distance. The photo, which can be seen at http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/674083main_PIA15691-full_full.jpg, was shot using a camera packed away in the long robotic arm of the rover.
NASA successfully landed Curiosity in the crater on Mars late Sunday after an eight-month journey through space. The rover’s underbelly snapped hundreds of photos during its descent, but the new photo was the first from ground level after its landing.
The first photo is somewhat hazy, but NASA said it expects that as Curiosity’s two-year mission unfolds, the rover’s cameras will capture high-resolution pictures.
Over time, the $2.5 billion, car-sized rover will be used to investigate Martian geology, weather and radiation levels. Scientists hope the information will help them settle an age-old question
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