A recent high-definition image from Curiosity’s Mastcam shows the rover’s sundial (NASA/JPL-Caltech) While Curiosity is definitely loaded up with some of the most high-tech instruments ever made to investigate the surface of Mars, it also carries a very low-tech instrument: a sundial (aka the “MarsDial”) which can be used to determine the position of the … Continue reading "Curiosity’s Sundial Carries a Message of Hope"