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Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Artist’s concept of an astronaut to scale with Murray buttes, Mount Sharp in the background, Curiosity sol 1419

Artist’s concept of an astronaut to scale with Murray buttes, Mount Sharp in the background, Curiosity sol 1419
Artist’s concept of an astronaut to scale with Murray buttes, Mount Sharp in the background, Curiosity sol 1419 Curiosity took the images for this panoramic view of one of the Murray buttes with its left Mastcam on sol 1419 (August 3, 2016). Seán Doran added a figure of an astronaut into a panorama assembled by Thomas Appéré in order to provide a sense of scale. NASA / JPL / MSSS / Thomas Appéré / Seán Doran