Two years on Mars - what does Curiosity look like now?

Not so long ago, the Curiosity rover celebrated (or rather, the creators of the device celebrated for it) two years on the Red Planet. Of course, time could not leave marks on the appearance of the rover, so to speak, and now these marks are very noticeable.

Probably, Mars acted most strongly on the wheels: photos of the Curiosity wheel appeared on the Web more than once, with relatively large holes and scratches. So far, all this does not really affect the performance of the device, which is good news. But to compare what was, and what has become do not interfere. Under Habrakat - a few photos that allow you to assess the current state of Curiosity and compare it with what it was at the very beginning.

Sol 3 / Sol 689

As already mentioned, the biggest problem with Curiosity is the wheels. There are already a lot of holes, the wheels look like this, someone deliberately beat and scratched their word. What to do - it remains to rejoice that all this does not yet affect the performance of the device.
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Sol 60 / Sol 711

Some more wheels. There are a lot of hard rocks on Mars, debris that can inflict severe damage on almost any type of material.

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Sol 36 / Sol 660

One of the many elements of the rover, now covered with reddish Martian dust.

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Sol 34 / Sol 591

Penny 1909, also covered with a layer of dust. Penny is used to calibrate the camera device.

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Sol 32 / Sol 674

Many nodes of the rover will collect dust during the entire duration of the rover on the Red Planet.

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Sol 14 / Sol 653

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Sol 30 / Sol 718

Another element for calibration is collecting dust. Dust collection is successful!

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Sol 84 / Sol 613

MarsDial is also designed to calibrate cameras. A thick layer of dust is visible to the naked eye, despite the fact that the photograph is not the best quality.

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Sol 84 / Sol 613

These two selfie rovers, collected from MAHLI images, show that the upper part of the rover, where the navigation cameras are located, is not very touched by dust, which is good news.

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Via theverge .