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Friday, August 10th, 2012

Photo This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

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