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Curiosity's First Low-Resolution Color Panorama

August 10, 2012

This movie shows the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. It was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera.

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