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    Curiosity Rover HiRISE images

    Curiosity Rover HiRISE images

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    Curiosity Rover HiRISE images

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    August 6, 2012
    Curiosity was captured by the orbiter's HiRISE camera for the first time before it even landed. When this image was taken, the rover still had one minute left in the "seven minutes of terror," a colloquial term used by NASA to describe the harrowing landing process.