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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

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This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4505 (2025-04-08T17:24:44.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

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[–] jayemar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm having trouble understanding what I'm seeing. Is the rover super close to a rock that's filling up the bottom right portion of the frame?

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/u/jayemar@lemm.ee

It's on the side of a butte to the north of the rover, see attached screen shot assembled from the navigation camera images acquired on the same sol, I've circled the target rock

[–] jayemar@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it is this shot from another angle

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

How many rocks are in the picture? Let me count

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My guess is it’s a nearby slope, but it’s difficult to tell scale in pictures like these.