Gallery | Mars Curiosity - Week 1 | Wheels down

What may be an iconic shot: wheels down on Mars. Taken on the second full day of operations on Mars, the left navigation camera took this lovely picture of one of the rover's six wheels resting on the Martian surface. The rocks are small, a few centimeters in size or less (for comparison, the wheel is about 50 cm (19 inches) in diameter), and distributed in such a way that is consistent with flowing water having sorted them.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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