This is awesome! The full-resolution images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) instrument have been downloaded and assembled by Luke Fitch into a high-definition video of the rover’s descent and landing on Mars. From the heat shield falling away to the final, dust-blown touchdown in Gale Crater via sky crane, we finally get a good look at what Curiosity saw when it landed on Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT on August 5, 2012. Enjoy!
All images credit NASA/JPL-Caltech. Thanks to Fraser Cain from Universe Today for sharing this, and to visual effects editor Daniel Fitch for putting it all together.
UPDATE: Below is a version of the same footage except with the movement smoothed out by Dominic Muller (and sound effects added; there was no microphone on the EDL apparatus.) After touchdown a later panorama has been added as well as a “selfie” of the rover’s Mastcam units. Be sure to watch in 1080p full screen for maximum effect!
Lights in the Dark 
Woawwww !!
It’s really awesome HD video.
Thanks for sharing it 😉
Jeff Barani from Vence (France)
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Thanks Jeff! I love it.
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Never gets old 🙂
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Norm Feuti linked me here! Love the site! I’ll be visiting often (and am now following you on FB and twitter) 🙂
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mind blowing should be reserved for stuff that’s really mind blowing.
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