{"id":7938,"date":"2014-05-26T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2014-05-26T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T16:00:29","slug":"mars-curiosity-rover-as-seen-from-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7938","title":{"rendered":"Mars Curiosity rover as seen from orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/about\/staff\/emily-lakdawalla.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Lakdawalla<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a> processed imagery\u00a0from ESA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Express\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Express orbiter<\/a>\u00a0and NASA&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/mro\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a> to produce an amazingly sharp color image of the Curiosity rover and its tracks :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2014\/05231630-new-orbital-images-curiosity.html\" target=\"_d\">New orbital images of Curiosity landing site from Mars Express and HiRISE &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/mars\/curiosity-hirise-sol-581.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=7939\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"840,1346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla-639x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7939\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla-639x1024.jpg 639w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140522_ESP_035917_1755_colorized-with_ESP_018854_1755_f840-EmilyLakdawalla.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><em>HiRISE photo of Curiosity at the Kimberley &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><em>March 26, 2014<\/em><em>.<\/em><br \/>\nCredits: NASA \/ JPL \/ UA \/ Emily Lakdawalla<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/mars\/curiosity-hirise-sol-581.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click for large version<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/mars\/color-hirise-swaths-covering-curiosity-field-site.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=7940\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"537,939\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7940\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140523_color_coverage_curiosity_field_site_20140523_f537_EmilyLakdawalla.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><em>A map showing the route of Curiosity so far<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and where it is going.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/mars\/color-hirise-swaths-covering-curiosity-field-site.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click for large version.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society processed imagery\u00a0from ESA&#8217;s Mars Express orbiter\u00a0and NASA&#8217;s\u00a0Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to produce an amazingly sharp color image of the Curiosity rover and its tracks :\u00a0New orbital images of Curiosity landing site from Mars Express and HiRISE &#8211; The Planetary Society HiRISE photo of Curiosity at the Kimberley &#8211;\u00a0March 26, 2014. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7938\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars Curiosity rover as seen from orbit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,36,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-multiple-media","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-242","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":428,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=428","url_meta":{"origin":7938,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity tests drilling techniques, takes self-portrait, spotted from orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Curiosity has been getting ready to do its first serious drilling into Mars rocks. 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