Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Checks Curiosity’s Trek

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this photo of the Curiosity rover in September 2015, during an exciting traverse of Mars.
December 9, 2015
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this photo of the Curiosity rover in September 2015, during an exciting traverse of Mars. Curiosity was exploring the boundary between two rock units: the light-toned Murray Formation and the overlying and darker-toned Stimson unit. We can clearly see the rover in a complex terrain marked by rocks of different colors, which on the surface, can correspond to the contact between rock units and dark sand.