NASA Curiosity Rovers 5-Year Time-Lapse

To celebrate Curiosity's 5-year anniversary, NASA released amazing time-lapse footage that spans Curiosity's time on Mars, so far. We can't wait to see what Curiosity finds next.

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[jimchance]

365*5+1 (leap year) =1826 days
1826 days x 24 (hours in a day) = 43, 824 hours
43, 824 hours / 10.26 miles = 4, 271.35 hours per mile
1/4, 271.35 hours per mile = 0.00023 miles per hour.
*"I'm fast as fuck boi!"*

[Listeningtomuzak]

I imagine far in the future that Curiosity's path will become a day hike for Martian colonists lined with informational plaques.

[afbennett]

It's so strange to see a different planet like this, especially because it looks so similar to earth. All I can think of is earth when I watched this but really this is a planet millions of miles away from our planet, and a place that looks so familiar is actually inhospitable.

[samnub]

Its birthday was the 6th of august ... which meant it sang happy birthday to its lonely self yesterday

:(

[joenickson]

When my drone is 5 meters away from me I can't even have a signal...

[thaliagrace]

Did you know? The color of the sunset in mars is Blue?

[MrRevertis]

Wow, I bet some engineers had some sleepless nights during those sandy sections.

[LiquidCypher]

My favorite part is when the alien waved at the camera.

[AlexTheGreatMC]

Imagine how primitive this would be to an alien race that flew there and saw it. "Lol who sent this?"

[jvdeguitomedia]

jeez. Time flew so fast I didn't even realize it has been 5 years already since this landed. I remember watching this thing launch and also watching it's landing live. Damn.

[chaosXPRT]

Can you imagine living on basically an abandoned planet? Crazy cool that we can see what the surface of Mars is like all the way on Earth

[tomhj]

This robot had been on its own for 5 years on its own and yesterday it sang itself happy birthday the poor thing

[Adit-nnof]

6.1 miles in five year?
SNAIL: Damn, nasa rover is slow asf

[cflame]

What's that spinning disk in the air at 2:38

[satansasstalking]

So we can keep this thing charge for 5 years? but still can't get a good charge on my phone or car

[Europa_Forever]

I really like the shots of Olympus Mons in the background

[VanHalenRocks]

Just think a thousand years ago we were debating either the Earth is flat or not.

[animalohpsie]

whats that spinning circle and shadow in the far right at 2:38

[cp]

Aliens on Mars : wtf is this moving thing?

[MrGoldInfinity]

Did yall see the thing at 1:51 in the background. No? Me neither