Curiosity's first photo.
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Mars rover Curiosity is getting situated in its new home and has raised its mast camera, allowing it to send its first panoramic photo of the Red Planet, NASA said Wednesday.
The black-and-white photo shows distant hills on the horizon.
Curiosity is expected to send a better quality image in the next few
days, NASA scientists said.
All of the rover's antennas are in working order, allowing it to
send back data successfully, the space agency's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory said.
Curiosity survived a perilous landing Monday and is to study
whether conditions on Mars were ever right for life.
