This is a portion of the first color 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover in Mars ,released by NASA August 9, 2012, made up of thumbnails, which are small copies of higher-resolution images. The mission's destination, a mountain at the center of Gale Crater called Mount Sharp, can be seen in the distance, to the left, beginning to rise up. Blast marks from the rover's descent stage are in the foreground. [Photo/Agencies] |