File:MarsCuriosityRover-SnakeRiverRockFeature-PIA16564.jpg

English: PIA16564: 'Snake River' Rock Feature Viewed by Curiosity Mars Rover

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Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Spacecraft: Curiosity Instrument: Navcam (MSL) Product Size: 1371 x 667 pixels (width x height) Produced By: JPL Full-Res TIFF: PIA16564.tif (915.7 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA16564.jpg (179.5 kB)

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The sinuous rock feature in the lower center of this mosaic of images recorded by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is called "Snake River." The images in the mosaic were taken by Curiosity's Navigation Camera during the 133rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Dec. 20, 2012).

On Sol 147 (Jan. 3, 2013), Curiosity drove about 10 feet (3 meters) to get a closer look at Snake River for before proceeding to other nearby rocks.

JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

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2013-01-04