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Pretty picture: Late afternoon in Gale Crater

Emily Lakdawalla

Written by Emily Lakdawalla
October 9, 2012

This post really needs no words. Just feast your eyes:

Late afternoon in Gale Crater, Curiosity sol 49
Late afternoon in Gale Crater, Curiosity sol 49 As the Sun set on sol 49 (September 25, 2012), Curiosity used its Navigation Camera to take a panoramic view of the dramatically lit landscape. In this version, Damia Bouic has colorized the grayscale Navcam data with color thumbnails from a Mastcam panorama taken under higher sun conditions.Image: NASA / JPL / MSSS / Damia Bouic

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