This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 438 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (October 30, 2013).

October 30, 2013

This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 438 Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (October 30, 2013).

Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 437 to Sol 438, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 158.37 feet (48.27 meters).

The base image from the map is from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera (HiRISE) in NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Credits

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

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