[[The Curiosity rover is lowered onto the Mars surface by a Sky Crane.]]
Your excuse for anything today:
"Sorry - I was up all night trying to download photos taken by a robot lowered onto Mars by a Skycrane."
{{Title text: As of this writing the NASA
JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead.}}
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