Two amazing Curiosity descent videos

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Aug 23, 2012 6:52 PMNov 19, 2019 9:11 PM

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In case you're not getting enough Curiosity in your life, here are two videos, both showing the descent from the rover's eye view. However, these are new and pretty different! The first video shows the descent using the high-resolution images from the MARDI (Mars Descent Imager), which have been further cleaned up and sharpened. It's truly magnificent! Make sure you set the video to hi-res and make it full screen:

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