This troubled image is the first orbital view of curiosity moving across Mars
Apparently, for the first time ever, curious rovers on Mars were discovered from the mid-drive in orbit, a spot in humanity’s otherwise barren and slum landscape.
The image was taken on February 28, 2025 (SOL 4,466 – Leap Day on Earth!), showing curiosity is a tiny dark spot at the end of a rover track path that extends about 1,050 feet (320 meters). It is equivalent to the orbit of a candid camera, placed by the Hirise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbit.
Although Hirise has snatched curiosity before, this marks the first time we have seen it in the process of completing a 69-foot (21-meter) drive, the fact that it matches the timestamp to the Rover's command log. The highest speed of curiosity? Soak it to 0.1 mph (0.16 km/h). No, it won't win any races, at least compared to vehicles on Earth, but the rover is stable, hardy, and uneasy due to the lack of gas stations.
Since February 2, orbits that squeezed into the Martian terrain on 11 separate drives have been excavated as curiosity arose from Earth's Gediz Vallis channel, which has accused its next scientific goal: a rocky area that may feature box office, possibly both shaped by the groundwater of the ancient past on Earth.
The new image shows the rover at the bottom of the steep slope, which has been on the way to that rocky location. How long does curiosity take depends on the terrain ahead, the Wanderer’s navigation software, and the regular update plan of NASA engineers who guided the rover and worked with scientists to prioritize their goals.
Interestingly, Hirise usually captures an image with a color in the middle, but this time curiosity lands in the black and white area of the camera. So, las (no full color Mars charm shooting), but it's still a shock. A lonely spot, lifting up the alien slope, captured from 150 miles (241 kilometers) above the head.
