Um, You Can See a Car on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - April 16, 2014 at 3:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

First of all, I completely stole this headline from NASA engineer

Bobak Ferdowski

(AKA The Mohawk Guy) on Twitter. Second, this is just a great image of the Curiosity rover sitting on Mars, including views of its tracks and where it did a wheelie or two. Plus, where the rover now sits is a very intriguing region called "The Kimberly." Curiosity will soon whip out its drill to see if it can find hints of organic material, which could be a biomarker -- the holy grail of Mars exploration.

Find out why this is such an intriguing region in this video:

Um, you can see a car on Mars. MT" @HiRISE: Curiosity Ready to Drill http://t.co/jpCf2q0mHBpic.twitter.com/WQSsmMzc99 " — Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud)

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HiRISE