After exploring Mars’ Vera Rubin Ridge for more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently moved on. But a new 360-video lets the public visit Curiosity’s final drill site on the ridge, an area nicknamed “Rock Hall.” The video was created from a panorama taken by the rover on Dec. 19. It includes images of its next destination\u2014an area the team has been calling the “clay-bearing unit” and recently named “Glen Torridon\u2014and the floor of Gale Crater, home to Mount Sharp, the geological feature the rover has been climbing since 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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