Incredible View of Curiosity Rover’s Landing Site

Here’s an intriguing look at Gale Crater, the landing spot for the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover. This image was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the Mars Express spacecraft and it is color-coded based on variations in terrain. The lower elevation, shown in purple is the target landing area, but scientists and engineers want to get the rover as close as they can to the big mountain, Mount Sharp — which rises 5.5 km above the crater floor — where all the interesting geologic features are. (...)Read the rest of Incredible View of Curiosity Rover’s Landing Site (309 words)© nancy for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh