This pursuing image is the first orbital view of curiosity moving through Mars

For the first time for the first time, the Curiosity Rover on Mars was spotted in the middle of the orbit drive, spots of the human presence of the otherwise barren and Sivian landscape.

The image, made on February 28, 2025 (Sol 4.466 – day of jumping here on the ground!), Shows a curiosity like a tiny dark spot at the end of the Rover path, which extends about 1.050 feet (320 meters) through the Martian surface. This is the orbital equivalent of a candid camera, the courtesy of the Hirise camera (Science Imaging Empeciety) aboard NASA’s NASA Mars Orbiter.

While Hiris has clicking curiosity Previously, it marked the first time we saw it in the middle of the strip-Roll-stacked in the process of completing a 69-foot (21-meter) device-confirmed by matching time brands with Rover command logs. The maximum speed of curiosity? Bubbles 0.1 mph (0.16 kilometers per hour). No, this will not win any competitions – at least compared to the vehicles on Earth – but the rover is stable, durable and entertaining by the lack of gas stations.

The paths broken into the Martian terrain over 11 separate drives made from February 2 were dug, as curiosity samples from the Gediz Vallis channel on the planet to its next scientific goal: a rocky region that may include boxing formations, probably formed by groundwater in the ancient past of the planet.

The new image shows the rover at the base of a steep slope – one has since climbed the way to this rocky place. How long it will take curiosity depends on the pitch forward, the Rover navigation software and the regularly updated plans by NASA engineers who run the rover and work with scientists to prioritize their goals.

Interestingly, Hirise usually captures images with a ribbon with a color down in the center, but this time curiosity landed in the black and white area of ​​the camera. So, alas, a full-color Martian sparkle, but it’s stunning. A lone speck, pressing an alien slope caught in the act of More than 150 miles (241 km) above the head.