Curiosity appreciation thread :D

[imaginary friend]

update:    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/08/nasa-mars-curiosity-on-track-/1#.UC6tXKC05G4

 

[imaginary friend]

oh, and this:

[StickOnTattoos]

^Tee hee
Three cheers for Curiosity!

[imaginary friend]

http://io9.com/5936005/read-the-increasingly-desperate-tweets-of-martian-rock-n165-as-it-is-zapped-by-curiosity?comment=51995823

[imaginary friend]

watch Curiosity's landing from C's point of view:   http://io9.com/5936921/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-land-on-mars?comment=52088255

[imaginary friend]

another pic from Curiosity:

[imaginary friend]

Curiosity and its tracks, seen from the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Observatory satellite.

[Tumbling Dice]

another pic from Curiosity:

Has it discovered any Republican senators yet?

[imaginary friend]

^ it's on Mars, not Uranus.

Curiosity: a Self Portrait.

[Tumbling Dice]

^ it's on Mars, not Uranus.

Oh I'm sorry, I thought it was in Arizona.

[imaginary friend]

Curiosity down by the river bed:    http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/27/14126504-martian-rocks-reveal-that-rover-is-driving-through-dried-up-stream-bed?lite

[AliSPNfan]

I'm surprised this hasn't appeared already 

[imaginary friend]

a Curiosity "self portrait", stitched together from a bunch of thumbnails pics:

[imaginary friend]

If you're on Twitter, Curiosity will be beaming back a video New Year's greeting from Mars.

If you're in Times Square, you'll see it on the big screens there.

[imaginary friend]

Some of Curiosity's team members here on earth will take part in the inaugural parade, along with Curiosity's stand-in:   http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-026