First Color Image From Mars Curiosity Rover

Yes this is a fantastic color image of the landscape of mars, but, just like the first images from Curiosity; it is distorted by it's clear dust cover. The cover will stay in place for about another week to let the proverbial dust settle. In the distance you can still see the north wall of the Gale Crater.

The picture was taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager, (MAHLI). The MAHLI is capable of taking images from as close as 0.8 inch to infinity (how ever far that is).

(via JPL)