Approaching the landing site of the Mars rover Curiosity. The colour-enhanced view of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) as the satellite flew overhead. The image shows the terrain around the rover's landing site within Gale Crater on Mars. Colours were enhanced to bring out subtle differences, showing that the landing region is not as colorful as regions to the south, closer to Mount Sharp, where Curiosity will eventually explore. In reality, the blue colors are more grey. The rover itself is seen as the circular object, with the blast pattern from its descent stage seen as relatively blue colors. The dark dune fields lying between the rover and Mount Sharp can be seen in the lower portion of the picture. Mount Sharp is out of view, below the image frame. This image was acquired six days after Curiosity landed on 6th August 2012.