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Curiosity departs Earth

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Austrian amateur astronomer Gerhard Dangl captured this video of the Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) spacecraft departing Earth about 10.5 hours after its November 26 launch. A still image is available from <a href="http://www.dangl.at/2011/msl/msl.htm">his website</a>.