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  1. Two new mosaics of the area excavated by the uplifting and removal (and destruction) of the Atacama rock, captured by the left and right Mastcam eyes. Can you spot the 5 impacts of the laser shots described in the quoted post? Bonus points for finding another series of 5.

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    #Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4885 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #photography #laser #ChemCam #news

  2. Curiosity proudly brandishing her instrumented turret, somewhere on the eastern edge of the boxwork unit. What a sight, looks like scifi!

    This is just another small part of the Sol 4821 Mastcam 360° panorama.

    #Mars Feb. 27, 2026 - Sol 4821
    Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

    #Curiosity #Boxwork #Sol4821 #rover #BoxworkStructure #BoxworkStructures #CuriosityRover #GaleCrater #AeolisMons #space #science #STEM #geology #Mastcam #landscape #panorama #photography #Astrodon

  3. A new angle on the Yardang unit atop Aeolis Mons, captured by Curiosity, as part of 360° Mastcam panorama, from the eastern edge of the Boxwork structure. What a view!

    #Mars Feb. 27, 2026 - Sol 4821
    Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

    #Curiosity #Boxwork #Sol4821 #rover #BoxworkStructure #BoxworkStructures #CuriosityRover #GaleCrater #AeolisMons #yardangs #YardangUnit #space #science #STEM #geology #Mastcam #landscape #panorama #photography #Astrodon

  4. Awesome imagery captured two days ago by Curiosity, from its location within a trough of the boxwork structure. This is part of a larger, 360° Mastcam panorama.

    #Mars Oct. 21, 2025 - Sol 4695
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

    #Curiosity #Boxwork #Sol4695 #rover #BoxworkStructure #BoxworkStructures #MisheMokwaButte #MisheMokwa #butte #CuriosityRover #GaleCrater #AeolisMons #yardangs #YardangUnit #space #science #STEM #geology #Mastcam #landscape #panorama #photography #Astrodon

  5. Curiosity looks back at Devil's Gate, Wilkerson Butte, and beyond, from her workplace by the boxwork structure

    #Mars May 15, 2025 - Sol 4541
    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

    #Curiosity #rover #Sol4541 #CuriosityRover #DevilsGate #WilkersonButte #Boxwork #BoxworkStructures #BoxworkStructure #GaleCrater #space #science #STEM #geology #mastcam #mosaic #photography