First Mars Curiosity images

Curiosity landed facing its ultimate target, Mt. Sharp about 5.5 kilometers tall, in front of the rover’s own shadow, in this new image from the front-facing hazard cameras. Image Credit: NASA/JPL

This image was taken by front hazcam on board NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on 2012-08-06 06:23:34 UTC.  Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full Image

This is the first image from Curiosity. It was taken through a low resolution wide-angle lens.  Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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