Jun 15, 2015 7:00 AM

Gallery: These Amateur Maps of the Curiosity Rover Rival NASA's

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Landing to Twin Cairns Island (sol 0-343)
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Zabriskie Plateau (sols 668-744)

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Violet Valley, Kylie, and the Kimberley (sols 545-608)
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Bell River to Allan Nunatak (sols 344-384)

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Pahrump Hills walkabout 1 (sols 751-802)
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Panorama Point and following (sols 385-423)

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Pahrump Hills walkabout 2 (sols 799-864)
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Through Dingo Gap (sols 423-544)

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Pahrump Hills walkabout 3 (sols 864-911)
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Progress at the Kimberley (sols 572-608)

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Phil Stooke's Curiosity Route Map #8: Pahrump Hills (sols 743-974)
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Windjana and Robert Frost Pass (sols 603-669)

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