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HiRISE view of Curiosity at Patch Mountain, sol 1612

HiRISE view of Curiosity at Patch Mountain, sol 1612
HiRISE view of Curiosity at Patch Mountain, sol 1612 The HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this view of Curiosity skirting around the edge of a sand dune on February 20, 2017. The rover was approaching the second stop of a four-stop tour of the southern portion of the Bagnold dunes. NASA / JPL / UA / Emily Lakdawalla

Original image on the HiRISE website: ESP_049552_1750.

The image above is IRB color, overlaid on a sharpened version of the grayscale image.

See also this list of other images of Curiosity.

Here is a detail view of the rover.

HiRISE view of Curiosity at Patch Mountain (Detail)
HiRISE view of Curiosity at Patch Mountain (Detail) Image: NASA / JPL / UA / Emily Lakdawalla