Nightly News   |  August 08, 2012

Hi-res Mars images appear 'Earth-like'

New pictures from the Mars rover Curiosity include the first panoramic view of the Red Planet. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> in from the mars recover curiosity including a stop action video of the jettisoned heat shield as the rover separated and headed toward landing. we got the first high-resolution still pictures as well today showing its new home. and at the nasa briefing today, they called the surroundings earth-like and admitted it looks like the mojave desert for all you conspiracy theorist. the view, the granularity of the soil, a close-up and self-portrait of curiosity as shot by the camera on a mast above it.