Curiosity Mars rover covers a lot of ground for the robot, which moves at a maximum speed of 0.1 mph. A recent photo taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbital orbit provides a very cool visualization of the latest results of the rover so far this year, showing curiosity reaching from a previous scientific goal, a region called Gediz Vallis Channel, to the next destination. The rover itself is just a small spot on the front of the trail about 1,050 feet long, and according to the snapshot, “it is believed to be the first orbit image of the drive in the rover that spans the Red Planet.”
The image was captured on February 28 by the Orbiter’s Hirise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera and showed the movement of curiosity on 11 drives starting at the beginning of the month. Although the tire tracks lasted for weeks in the dirt for a few weeks, this is normal for Mars. The track is “[l]NASA said inkely lasted for several months.
