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Curiosity Color Close-Up upon Landing

This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). This image was obtained by Curiosity's Mars Descent Imager and is representative of the images acquired once the Curiosity rover was resting on the surface of Mars after touchdown.

Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Image released by NASA on 2012-08-07 as catalog id PIA15991