I'm so excited I might burst. The first images from Curiosity's cameras rained down to Earth in the middle of last night, after a 14 minute journey from the red planet. Here they are, in all their glory. Larger, color images will be available next week. Let the imagination soar!!
And in case you missed the live feed of the Mars team as Curiosity landed and sent back the first images depicted here, Joanne Manaster posted a video of it over at PsiVid.
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Kalliopi Monoyios is an independent science illustrator. She has illustrated several popular science books including Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish and The Universe Within, and Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution is True. Find her at www.kalliopimonoyios.com. Follow Kalliopi Monoyios on Twitter
