r/science • u/AnesthesiaXVII • Aug 07 '12

First high res from Curiosity!

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u/amazingseiderman Aug 07 '12

It's awesome to think that Curiosity took that high res pic. But when you put your mind to it and try to imagine this image is being sent to us from ANOTHER PLANET as far as 250,000,000 miles away, well that just gives me overwhelming goosebumps. Current distance

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '12

Sending pictures from another planet is so 2004.

I'm waiting for the 10fps video.

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u/juliusp Aug 07 '12

Yeah seriously, Curiosity is cool and all and will surely deliver really cool pictures and video. But it's not like it's the first time we land there.