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Whoa! The Curiosity rover parachute descent captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter!
A spacecraft, orbiting another planet, captured a picture of another spacecraft landing on that planet.
This isn’t the first time it has gotten a shot like this.
(image by NASA/JPL)

Updated with a higher-res photo showing the surrounding Martian terrain.
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jtotheizzoe:

Whoa! The Curiosity rover parachute descent captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter!

A spacecraft, orbiting another planet, captured a picture of another spacecraft landing on that planet.

This isn’t the first time it has gotten a shot like this.

(image by NASA/JPL)

Updated with a higher-res photo showing the surrounding Martian terrain.

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    • #mro
    • #curiosity
    • #descent
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