Raw Curiosity
View thousands of raw photos taken by the Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit rovers.
Info about our featured rovers
Curiosity
Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Gale crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15:02:00 UTC and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17:57 UTC. The Bradbury Landing site was less than 2.4 km from the center of the rover's touchdown target after a 560 million km journey. Mission goals include an investigation of the Martian climate and geology, assessment of whether the selected field site inside Gale has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, and planetary habitability studies in preparation for human exploration. In December 2012, Curiosity's two-year mission was extended indefinitely, and on August 5, 2017, NASA celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Curiosity rover landing.
Opportunity
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018. Opportunity was operational on Mars for 5111 sols. Launched on July 7, 2003, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program, it landed in Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004, three weeks after its twin, Spirit, touched down on the other side of the planet. With a planned 90-sol duration of activity, Spirit functioned until it got stuck in 2009 and ceased communications in 2010, while Opportunity was able to stay operational for 5111 sols after landing, maintaining its power and key systems through continual recharging of its batteries using solar power, and hibernating during events such as dust storms to save power. This careful operation allowed Opportunity to operate for 57 times its designed lifespan, exceeding the initial plan by 14 years, 47 days. By June 10, 2018, when it last contacted NASA, the rover had traveled a distance of 45.16 kilometers.
Spirit
Spirit, also known as MER-A or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years. It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Spirit landed successfully within the impact crater Gusev on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity, which landed on the other side of the planet. Its name was chosen through a NASA-sponsored student essay competition. The rover got stuck in a "sand trap" in late 2009 at an angle that hampered recharging of its batteries; its last communication with Earth was on March 22, 2010. The rover completed its planned 90-sol mission. Aided by cleaning events that resulted in more energy from its solar panels, Spirit went on to function effectively over twenty times longer than NASA planners expected.
Camera Configs and Useful Dates
Onboard Cameras
This table displays the different camera configurations for each rover.
| Cameras | Curiosity | Opportunity | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast | ✔ | ||
| Panoramic | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Navigation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Front Hazard Avoidance | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Rear Hazard Avoidance | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Date Ranges
This table displays date ranges to help narrow your search for cool photos.
| Photo Date Ranges* | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Curiosity | 08/06/2012 | Still Active |
| Opportunity | 01/25/2004 | 06/11/2018 |
| Spirit | 01/04/2004 | 03/22/2010 |
* These are estimates based on the active timeframe of each rover, there may be aditional photos available before or after the start and end dates.
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