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Desktop Wallpaper: Mars as seen by Curiosity

  • Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp

    \n\tIn August 2012, NASA successfully landed a vehicle named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The first images are starting to roll in to the NASA site and some of them make for some interesting otherworldly desktop wallpaper.

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    \n\tCredit: Nasa.gov

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    Image credit: NASA.gov
  • Focusing the 100-millimeter Mastcam

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  • Focusing the 34-millimeter Mastcam

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  • Getting to Know Mount Sharp

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  • Exposed by Rocket Engine Blasts

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  • Destination Mount Sharp

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  • Curiosity in Exaggerated Color

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  • Curiosity Cradled by Gale Crater

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  • Curiosity's Heat Shield in Detail

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  • Martian Dust Storm

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  • View of Argyre Basin from Test of Mars Color Image

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  • Mars Ice Age, Simulated

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