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Curiosity’s Descent Video in Amazing, Incredible HD Quality

by Nancy Atkinson on August 22, 2012

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It keeps getting better! This is a full-resolution version of the NASA Curiosity rover descent to Mars, taken by the MARDI descent imager. This video, put together by Daniel Luke Fitch, uses all but a dozen of the full resolution 1600×1200 frames (some haven’t been uploaded from the rover yet). The result is a mind-blowing, HD view of Curiosity’s view as it landed — and it also shows the best views yet of the heat shield impact. Wow!

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Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast and works with the Astronomy Cast and 365 Days of Astronomy podcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.

Tagged as: Mars, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover

  • ClayCampbell

    Wow they actually captured the heat shield impact, quite impressive!

  • ren00r

    Maybe some comments in video when exactly each stage kicks in would be useful

  • http://kacyjane.com/ Greg @ KacyJane.com

    Unbelievable.

  • Aqua4U

    You are so right Nancy… it just keeps getting better! Many thanks to the MSL crew, you and Ken and everybody else for providing such great coverage of these epic events! GO Curiosity!

  • msadesign

    I wonder why I can’t go to full screen on UT, but have to go to YouTube? Or maybe I don’t know how to do it?
    Thanks for these vids. It’s much easier coming here than wading through NASA sources.

  • bugzzz

    Wow! The heat shield drop is so wild. Then landing on the surface and the detail of the stones / pebbles. Incredible.

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