Curiosity, 1 km up a mountain on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has been climbing a 3-mile-tall mountain on Mars since 2014. It has now gained 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) of height, the most ever climbed on Mars. Here it looks back at the floor of Gale Crater, far below.

Source: NASA JPL

Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS