Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up
This still image from an animation shows the effects of weights from the entry vehicle of NASA Curiosity rover hitting the surface of Mars.
- Date
- 2012-08-08
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
- Collection
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- illustration (NASA artwork)
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Public domain
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Credit line
"Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up" (2012-08-08). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA16016Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 23847.
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