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One of the really cool things about Curiosity is that she doesn't depend on solar generation for power; she's self-sufficient, thanks to her RTG.
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Amazing. MRO snapped a picture of Curiosity descending under the parachute:
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Thats frikken awesome on so many levels. Sometimes I think doing astrophotography is insanely difficult and then I see stuff like this.
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Holy shit that's one of the coolest things ever......
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That was apparently taken by the HiRISE camera onboard the MRO, which is in orbit around Mars.
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