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Gale Crater, Mars
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Jun 23, 2025
    🎵 Don't you... forget about me 🎵 The last 17 years on this platform have been an incredible ride. We've done good things. My team and I thank each of you for joining us on the adventures. Stay curious, friends, you know I will. ♥️
    Two panoramas taken in the morning and afternoon on Mars are combined to create a color-enhanced landscape image. Both panoramas of the area, known as "Marker Band Valley," were taken by the Curiosity Mars rover's navigation cameras. The detailed photo shows yellow coloring in the sky to mark the afternoon hours and it transitions to a blue color to indicate the morning color. The taupe-colored landscape shows a large, rocky hill to the right and smaller rocky hills in the distance toward the center and out into the horizon. To the left is a rocky outcrop and as we get closer to the foreground the area shows rover tracks along the sandy floor. To the bottom-right corner, the backend of the off-white, dusty rover is shown. Part of the rover's wheel can be seen as well as three of its antennas. The Radiation Assessment Detector, or RAD instrument, appears as a white circle in the lower right portion on the back of the rover.
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Feb 13, 2019
    It seems to me you lived your life like a rover in the wind never fading with the sunset when the dust set in. Your tracks will always fall here, among Mars' reddest hills; your candle's burned out long before your science ever will. #ThanksOppy. I owe you so much.
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Feb 9, 2022
    The Martian surface can be rocky, sharp, and unforgiving – so after nearly 10 years, my wheels have taken a beating. The good news is that this is not impacting my mission.
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Aug 5, 2019
    Can't stop. Won't stop. I've been exploring #Mars for seven years, traveled 13 miles (21 km), climbed 1,207 feet (368 m), found conditions on ancient Mars were favorable for life as we know it, and I'm not done yet. Here's what's new (plus a 360 view): go.nasa.gov/2YtGgMg
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Mar 30, 2021
    Quick! Stop scrolling. What you see here aren’t just any clouds, they’re Martian clouds. Take a moment out of your day to look at the sky of another world. 📸 taken by my right Navigation Camera. go.nasa.gov/2QSoqja
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    @MarsCuriosity
    May 3, 2023
    “I can see you’re lonely down there... Don’t you know that I’m right here?” Honored to be an inspiration to robots everywhere, @Harry_Styles. 🛰️
    A selfie taken by the Curiosity rover on Mars shows the six-wheeled robot positioned slightly right of center against the Martian landscape. The rover faces the bottom-left corner, its "head" rising just above the horizon in the distance. Its metal surfaces are lightly covered with red-orange Martian dust, with its silver and black surfaces below peeking through. The ground around the rover is mostly flat and covered in red-brown dirt and small- to medium-sized pebbles. The sky is a lighter shade of reddish-brown, with no clouds or features visible.
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Aug 5, 2021
    I'm celebrating my 9th landiversary on Mars. In 2012, I hit the ground running. I've traveled a total of 16.3 mi (26.3 km), climbed 1,509 ft (460 m) in elevation & collected 32 drilled samples. Time flies when you’re doing science. Thanks for riding along! go.nasa.gov/3xs89RE
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Jan 12, 2017
    Signed, sealed, delivered. I carried @POTUS’s signature to the surface of #Mars. go.nasa.gov/2jIeWVU #NASAPast8Years
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Aug 5, 2018
    I touched down on #Mars six years ago. Celebrating my 6th landing anniversary with the traditional gift of iron… oxide. (It puts the red in Red Planet.) go.nasa.gov/2I1Wgg8
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Jan 1, 2021
    As the Sun sets on 2020, I'm thinking of everyone back on planet Earth. Here's to the next orbit, and brighter sols to come! Save the date: @NASAPersevere lands Feb. 18, 2021. #CountdownToMars #HappyNewYear
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Jan 4, 2018
    Meanwhile, back on Mars... I’m checking out these stick-like figures. Each is about a quarter-inch long. Maybe they're crystals? Or they could be minerals that filled spaces where crystals dissolved away. Stay tuned! Science continues.
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    @MarsCuriosity
    May 28, 2021
    Sometimes you just need to stop and watch the clouds roll by... on Mars. Cloudy days are rare here because the atmosphere is so thin and dry, but I've been keeping my cameras peeled and wanted to share some recent pictures with you. go.nasa.gov/3vuWQb2 (1/4)
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Apr 22, 2020
    Looking up and thinking of you all back home. Here's what Earth looks like from my point of view on the surface of Mars. Even though we're apart, we can still be together, online. Please join me in observing #EarthDayAtHome with these @NASA activities: go.nasa.gov/3b2oBO4
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    @MarsCuriosity
    Jul 29, 2020
    Takin' Care of Business ⚡️ I'm still at the grind up here on Mars (check out mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-up…), looking forward to new friends joining this journey of exploration. Good luck on your launch and #CountdownToMars, @NASAPersevere! P.S. Click the like button for a surprise 🚀