When NASA ’s Curiosity roversuccessfully navigated Dingo Gap , its cameras were rolling . These image show what the wanderer saw from its rearward Hazard - Avoidance Camera as it spannedthe treacherous moxie sand dune .
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The Hazcam , get on low on the vehicle ’s chassis , provides a wide - angle aspect . Curiosity made this 23 - foot ( 7 beat ) drive during the 535th Martian day , or sol , of its body of work on Mars ( Feb. 6 , 2014 ) . At the beginning of the drive , the rover ’s right - front cycle was already at the crest of the 3 - human foot - tall ( 1 - time - tall ) dune , with the wanderer still direct uphill . By the last three images in the series , the rover was direct downhill . The short - tone dome on the right side of the horizon is part of Mount Sharp . This drive was westward . The rover ’s long - terminus destination on the lower gradient of Mount Sharp is still farther west and south from the rover ’s current location . Dingo Gap provided an entryway into a vale to the west . The valley attract to the rover squad as a force route because its terrain include few sharp rock than alternate road considered .
Not a high-risk minute of Martian six - wheeling , if we do say so ourselves . Here ’s the rover ’s view from the far side of Dingo Gap , captured by the Navcam on Curiosity ’s mast following its successful musical passage .
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