Curiosity’s view of the wall of Gale Crater on Mars

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The above image … is a high resolution version of a distant wall of Gale Crater captured by the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last week.

A corresponding true color image exists showing how this scene actually appears on Mars.

The robotic Curiosity rover continues to check itself over and accept new programming from Earth before it begins to roll across Mars and explore a landscape that has the appearance of being an unusually layered dried river bed.

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