On Sept. 8, the dust cover on Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) opened for the first time, allowing the rover to take this crystal clear image. The largest pebble on this patch of ground is about 3 inches long.
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We think of Mars as red, but of course other colors are well represented. In this full view of Mars, one of the planet's ice caps is visible in white at the bottom of the picture.
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