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Description	English: 10.12.2012 Curiosity's Location During First Scooping This 360-degree scene shows the surroundings of the location where NASA Mars rover Curiosity arrived on the 59th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Oct. 5, 2012). It is a mosaic of images taken by Curiosity's Navigation Camera (Navcam) on sols 59 and 60. Smooth surfaces of the windblown sand and dust of the "Rocknest" area, in the foreground, are what signaled from a distance that this might be an appropriate place to spend about three weeks collecting and using the mission's first few scoopfuls of soil. The rover scooped up its first sample on Sol 61 (Oct. 7, 2012). South is at the center of this panorama, north at both ends. Mount Sharp is on the horizon in the southeast. The "Glenelg" area planned as the next destination lies to the east. Tracks that Curiosity's wheels made while driving toward Rocknest recede toward the west. For scale, Curiosity leaves parallel tracks about 9 feet (2.7 meters) apart. The scene is presented here as a cylindrical projection. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date	13 October 2012, 10:38:45
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16227.jpg
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech
Other versions	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16227

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