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Curiosity Views Gale Crater's Rim, Homing in on Ancient River Channel
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama under exceptionally clear conditions of Gale Crater's northern rim on Aug. 25, 2025, the 4,640th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust in the air is at its lowest during Martian winter, providing Curiosity its best views all the way across the yawning crater floor from the rover's perch in the foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain roughly 22 miles (35 kilometers) from the crater rim.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCuriosity Views Gale Crater's Rim, Homing in on Ancient River Channel. NASA/JPL, 2025-09-17. Public domain. ID: PIA26671.
