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June 20, 2018

Duluth After Dust Storm

June 20, 2018

Duluth After Dust Storm

Two images from the Mast Camera onboard NASA's Curiosity rover depict the change in the color of light illuminating the Martian surface since a dust storm engulfed Gale Crater. At left shows the 'Duluth' drill site on May 21, 2018; at right from June 17.
June 13, 2018

Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm

June 13, 2018

Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm

These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm.
June 4, 2018

Inlet Cover On the Curiosity Rover

June 4, 2018

Inlet Cover On the Curiosity Rover

The drill bit of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover over one of the sample inlets on the rover's deck. The inlets lead to Curiosity's onboard laboratories.
May 23, 2018

Curiosity Successfully Drills 'Duluth'

May 23, 2018

Curiosity Successfully Drills 'Duluth'

A close-up image of a 2-inch-deep hole produced using a new drilling technique for NASA's Curiosity rover. Curiosity drilled this hole in a target called 'Duluth' on May 20, 2018.
May 23, 2018

First Drilled Sample on Mars Since 2016

May 23, 2018

First Drilled Sample on Mars Since 2016

NASA's Curiosity rover successfully drilled a 2-inch-deep hole in a target called 'Duluth' on May 20, 2018. It was the first rock sample captured by the drill since October 2016.
March 22, 2018

Curiosity is Ready for Clay

March 22, 2018

Curiosity is Ready for Clay

This mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover looks uphill at Mount Sharp. The scene has been white-balanced so the colors of the rock materials resemble how they would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth.
March 22, 2018

Curiosity is Ready for Clay (Highlighted)

March 22, 2018

Curiosity is Ready for Clay (Highlighted)

This mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Highlighted is an area in white with clay-bearing rocks that scientists are eager to explore.
February 28, 2018

Curiosity Tests a New Drill Method on Mars

February 28, 2018

Curiosity Tests a New Drill Method on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used a new drill method to produce a hole on Feb. 26, 2018, in a target named Lake Orcadie. The hole marks the first operation of the rover's drill since a motor problem began acting up more than a year ago.
January 30, 2018

Wide-Angle Panorama from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater

January 30, 2018

Wide-Angle Panorama from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater

Climbing 'Vera Rubin Ridge' provided NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this sweeping vista of the interior and rim of Gale Crater, including much of the rover's route during its first five-and-a-half years on Mars.
January 30, 2018

Telephoto Vista from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater

January 30, 2018

Telephoto Vista from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater

A vantage point on 'Vera Rubin Ridge' provided NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this detailed look back over the area where it began its mission inside Gale Crater, plus more-distant features of the crater.
November 1, 2017

Curiosity Checks Under the Dust on a Martian Rock

November 1, 2017

Curiosity Checks Under the Dust on a Martian Rock

On a part of 'Vera Rubin Ridge,' NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this image of a rock surface that had been brushed with the rover's Dust Removal Tool.
November 1, 2017

Science-Filters Study of Martian Rock Sees Hematite

November 1, 2017

Science-Filters Study of Martian Rock Sees Hematite

This false-color image shows how special filters of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover's Mastcam can help reveal certain minerals in target rocks. It is a composite of images taken Sept. 17, 2017.
November 1, 2017

Mastcam Special Filters Help Locate Variations Ahead

November 1, 2017

Mastcam Special Filters Help Locate Variations Ahead

This pair of images from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover illustrates how special filters are used to scout terrain ahead for variations in the local bedrock.
October 31, 2017

MASTCAM-Z

October 31, 2017

MASTCAM-Z

This image shows a 3-D printed model of Mastcam-Z, one of the science cameras on NASA's Mars 2020 rover. Mastcam-Z will include a 3:1 zoom lens.
September 13, 2017

Looking Up at Layers of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Sol 1790

September 13, 2017

Looking Up at Layers of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Sol 1790

The Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' about two weeks before the rover started ascending this steep ridge on lower Mount Sharp.
September 13, 2017

Martian Ridge Looming Above Curiosity Prior to Ascent

September 13, 2017

Martian Ridge Looming Above Curiosity Prior to Ascent

Researchers used the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to gain this detailed view of layers in 'Vera Rubin Ridge' from just below the ridge.
September 13, 2017

Curiosity View of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' From Below, Sol 1734

September 13, 2017

Curiosity View of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' From Below, Sol 1734

'Vera Rubin Ridge,' a favored destination for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover even before the rover landed in 2012, rises near the rover nearly five years later in this panorama from Curiosity's Mastcam.
July 11, 2017

'Nathan Bridges Dune' on a Martian Mountain

July 11, 2017

'Nathan Bridges Dune' on a Martian Mountain

A rippled linear dune of dark Martian sand, 'Nathan Bridges Dune,' dominates this full-circle panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
July 11, 2017

'Ireson Hill' on Mount Sharp, Mars

July 11, 2017

'Ireson Hill' on Mount Sharp, Mars

This dark mound, called 'Ireson Hill,' rises about 16 feet (5 meters) above redder layered outcrop material of the Murray formation on lower Mount Sharp, Mars, near a location where NASA's Curiosity rover examined a linear sand dune in February 2017.
July 11, 2017

Wide 'Vera Rubin Ridge' Ahead of Curiosity Mars Rover

July 11, 2017

Wide 'Vera Rubin Ridge' Ahead of Curiosity Mars Rover

This panorama from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows details of 'Vera Rubin Ridge,' which stretches about 4 miles (6.5 kilometers), end-to-end, on the northwestern flank of lower Mount Sharp.
July 11, 2017

View Toward 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Mount Sharp, Mars

July 11, 2017

View Toward 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Mount Sharp, Mars

This look ahead from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes four geological layers to be examined by the mission, and higher reaches of Mount Sharp beyond the planned study area.
June 20, 2017

Curiosity Rover on Mount Sharp, Seen from Mars Orbit

June 20, 2017

Curiosity Rover on Mount Sharp, Seen from Mars Orbit

The feature that appears bright blue at the center of this scene is NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp, viewed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
June 9, 2017

Key Locations Studied at 'Pahrump Hills' on Mars

June 9, 2017

Key Locations Studied at 'Pahrump Hills' on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover examined a mudstone outcrop area called 'Pahrump Hills' on lower Mount Sharp, in 2014 and 2015. Blue dots indicate where drilled samples of powdered rock were collected for analysis.
June 1, 2017

Diagram of Lake Stratification on Mars

June 1, 2017

Diagram of Lake Stratification on Mars

This diagram presents some of the processes and clues related to a long-ago lake on Mars that became stratified, with the shallow water richer in oxidants than deeper water was.
May 4, 2017

Textures Where Curiosity Rover Studied a Martian Dune

May 4, 2017

Textures Where Curiosity Rover Studied a Martian Dune

This view from the NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows two scales of ripples, plus other textures, in an area where the mission examined a linear-shaped dune in the Bagnold dune field on lower Mount Sharp.
May 4, 2017

Panorama with Active Linear Dune in Gale Crater, Mars

May 4, 2017

Panorama with Active Linear Dune in Gale Crater, Mars

This 360-degree mosaic from the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks out over a portion of the Bagnold Dunes, which stretch for several miles.
January 17, 2017

Possible Signs of Ancient Drying in Martian Rock

January 17, 2017

Possible Signs of Ancient Drying in Martian Rock

A grid of small polygons on the Martian rock surface near the right edge of this view may have originated as cracks in drying mud more than 3 billion years ago. Multiple images of this view were combined for this view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
January 17, 2017

Mars Rover's Mastcam View of Possible Mud Cracks

January 17, 2017

Mars Rover's Mastcam View of Possible Mud Cracks

This view of a Martian rock slab called 'Old Soaker,' which has a network of cracks that may have originated in drying mud, comes from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
December 13, 2016

Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars (White Balanced)

December 13, 2016

Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars (White Balanced)

The foreground of this scene from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows purple-hued rocks near the rover's late-2016 location on lower Mount Sharp. Variations in color of the rocks hint at the diversity of their composition.
December 13, 2016

Boron, Sodium and Chlorine in Mineral Vein 'Diyogha,' Mars

December 13, 2016

Boron, Sodium and Chlorine in Mineral Vein 'Diyogha,' Mars

Examination of a calcium sulfate vein called 'Diyogha' by the Chemical and ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found boron, sodium and chlorine.
December 13, 2016

Boron in Calcium Sulfate Vein at 'Catabola,' Mars

December 13, 2016

Boron in Calcium Sulfate Vein at 'Catabola,' Mars

This two-part illustration shows the context of the erosion-resistant, raised vein, called 'Catabola,' in an image from NASA's Curiosity's Mast Camera. The highest concentration of boron measured on Mars.
November 2, 2016

Curiosity Rover Finds and Examines a Meteorite on Mars

November 2, 2016

Curiosity Rover Finds and Examines a Meteorite on Mars

The dark, smooth-surfaced object at the center of this Oct. 30, 2016, image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was examined with laser pulses and confirmed to be an iron-nickel meteorite.

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