MRO orbital probe photographed Curiosity from orbit

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Checkmate, supporters of reptilians of government plots, who believe that Curiosity is crawling somewhere in the next NASA hangar (how many of them, hangars?), Stylized as Mars. Today, NASA has posted photos of the Curisity made by the MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) from the orbit. The picture is very clear , and on it without much difficulty (still, it is highlighted with a frame) you can consider our worker, making an endless voyage on Mars.



Of course, regarding the conspiracy supporters, this is a joke, but the value of photography cannot be underestimated - here both historical value (still, one spacecraft located near another planet takes pictures of its colleague) and scientific value. The photo itself was taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument, at 949 sol (the photo was taken on April 8 of this year).





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The photo was taken during the advance of the rover on the Artist's Drive to a higher region of Mount Sharp. Scientists want to study the geological structure of the region in this place. It is already known that the rocks in this region are sandstone, aleurite with gypsum outlets (gypsum veins). The lower parts of the mountain Sharp are represented by these rocks. What is higher - will be known after some time, when the rover will climb on a hill.



A larger map of the region can be found at this link .