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Curiosity Makes Its Longest One-Day Drive on Mars


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Gale Crater, Mars

The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Curiosity rover is carried at an angle when the rover's arm is stowed for driving. Still, the camera is able to record views of the terrain Curiosity is crossing in Gale Crater, and rotating the image 150

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far: 109.7 yards (100.3 meters).

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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