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First Images from Curiosity Rover
August 9, 2012 | NASA

The first images from Curiosity’s color Mast Camera, or Mastcam, have been received by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Although they are only at 1/8 of the camera’s potential resolution, they are still interesting views of Mars.


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