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Curiosity rover snaps 1st photos of Mars at night

(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has captured its first nighttime view of the Red Planet using a camera and ultraviolet light on its robotic arm.

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As long as this intrepid little rover is snapping away, we think you owe it to yourself to see what it captures. Unprecedented visual access to the Martian terrain up close? Yes please.