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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/mars1.jpgA colour image from the rover showing the base of Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination. The image is a portion of a larger image taken by Curiosity's 100-millimetre Mast Camera on August 23rd. Photograph: Nasa.
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/mars2.jpgA photo taken by the Mast Camera (MastCam) highlights the geology of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside Gale Crater, where the rover landed. Photograph: Nasa.
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/910.jpgPart of the wall of Gale Crater, the location on Mars where the rover landed. Photograph: Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/810.jpgThe first target that Curiosity aims to zap with its ChemCam instrument. Photograph: Nasa/Reuters
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/710.jpgA cropped image from the rover shows one set of marks on the surface of Mars where blasts from the descent-stage rocket engines blew away some of the surface material. Photograph: Nasa/Reuters
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/rover1a.gifA full-resolution self-portrait shows the deck of Curiosity from its navigation camera. Photograph: Reuters/Nasa/JPL-Caltech
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/610.jpgA view of the lower reaches of Mount Sharp is shown in a cropped image taken with a 34mm Mast Camera on the vehicle. Photograph: Nasa/Getty Images
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/510.jpgThe surface of Mars as seen from the rover. Photograph: Nasa/JPL-Caltech via Getty Images
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/415.jpgA composite image, with magnified insets, shows the first laser test by the Chemistry and Camera, or ChemCam. Photograph: Nasa/Getty Images
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/317.jpgPart of a panorama image shows the landing-site. Photograph: Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/217.jpgThe turret of tools at the end of the rover's extended robotic arm. Photograph: Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa's Curiosity rover
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/130.jpgThe rear right wheel of Nasa's rover. Photograph: Reuters/Nasa
