Here Are The 30 Best Photos That NASA’s Curiosity Has Taken After 7 Years On Mars
For a long time, Mars seemed like a frontier that’s untouchable. And while yes, no human has walked on the planet’s red surface, we, as humanity, have reached the planet through the sturdy wheels of Mars rovers. From Sojourner to Spirit, from Opportunity to Curiosity, humanity tried and succeeded to reach and explore the surface of Mars, a meaningful step in our journey to one day leave a human print on another planet. As its predecessors’ missions ended, with Oppy shutting down in 2018, the only Mars rover left on the planet was Curiosity, the little machine that’s been trekking over the wasteland and examining it for nearly 8 years.
Since it is approaching the 8-year mark since landing on the distant planet, Curiosity has managed to collect a rather impressive gallery of photographs through the years. The images give an impressively high-quality look at the red planet and its surface, ranging from dusty planes to rocky mountains.
Here’s how Curiosity looked 7 years ago and now
#1 Ripples On Surface Of Martian Sand Dune
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#2 Curiosity Rover Finds And Examines A Meteorite On Mars
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#3 Sunset Sequence In Mars’ Gale Crater
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#4 Curiosity’s Color View Of Martian Dune After Crossing It
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#5 Curiosity’s Dusty Selfie At Duluth
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#6 First Sampling Hole In Mount Sharp
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#7 Martian Rock ‘Harrison’ In Color, Showing Crystals
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#8 Multiple Layers Of Mount Sharp
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#9 Jake Matijevic Rock
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#10 Curiosity Took Dozens Of Mast Cam Images To Complete This Mosaic Of A Petrified Sand Dune
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#11 Outcrop In The Murray Buttes Region Of Lower Mount Sharp
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#12 Curiosity Self-Portrait At Martian Sand Dune
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#13 Remnants Of Ancient Streambed On Mars
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#14 Mount Sharp Comes In Sharply
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#15 Wheel Scuff Mark At ‘Rocknest’
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#16 Having Reached The Base Of Mount Sharp, Curiosity Captured This Image Of Its Rocky Surroundings
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#17 View From Mars Orbiter Showing Curiosity Rover At ‘Shaler’
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#18 Layers At The Base Of Mount Sharp
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#19 Focusing The 100-Millimeter Mastcam
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#20 Getting To Know Mount Sharp
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#21 Curiosity Self-Portrait At ‘Windjana’ Drilling Site
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#22 Curiosity Visited An Area Named “Fracture Town” Which Contains Many Pointed, Layered Rock Formations
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#23 Curiosity Arrived At This Active Sand Dune Named “Gobabeb”, Which Is Part Of A Larger Dune Field Known As “Bagnold”
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#24 Curiosity Rover’s View Of Alluring Martian Geology
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#25 Mars Rover Curiosity In ‘Buckskin’ Selfie
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#26 Curiosity Tracks In ‘Hidden Valley’ On Mars
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#27 A Mudstone Rock Outcrop At The Base Of Mount Sharp
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#28 Bone Up On Mars Rock Shapes
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#29 Strata At Base Of Mount Sharp
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#30 Resistant Features In ‘Pahrump Hills’ Outcrop
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NASA uses the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to take these photos. It captures true color images at a resolution of 1600 x 1200. The image released by NASA is much larger than that because it’s stitched together from 57 different frames. That’s why the final image has such amazing detail, and you can’t see the MAHLI arm anywhere. NASA just uses all the frames to crop the arm out, maki
Anyone else curious how the Curiosity takes a selfie photo from what looks to be 8 to 10 feet away with no arms extending out to hold the camera?