This map shows where NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven
since landing at a site subsequently named "Bradbury Landing," and
traveling to an overlook position near beside "Point Lake," in drives
totaling 1,703 feet (519 meters). The rover landed on Aug. 5 Pacific Time (Aug.
6, Universal Time). It was at the easternmost waypoint on this map on Nov. 30,
2012. It worked on scoops of soil for a few weeks at the drift of windblown
sand called "Rocknest." The place called "Glenelg" is where
three types of terrain meet. The depression called "Yellowknife Bay"
is a potential location for selecting the first target rock for Curiosity's
hammering drill.
All of these sites are within Gale Crater and north of the
mountain called Mount Sharp in the middle of the crater. After using its drill
in the Glenelg area, the rover's main science destination will be on the lower
reaches of Mount Sharp. For broader-context images of the area, see
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16064 and
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16058.
The base image from the map is from the High Resolution
Imaging Science Experiment Camera (HiRISE) in NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter.
Image and Article Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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