The team was to create the first map of the area and find a possible path to the top of the great mountain.
VOA: special.2010.06.30
Curiosity mission planner Dawn Sumner said photographs like the ones beamed back by the rover, as well as others taken by probes in orbit, will be used to map a path to the mountain's base -- "doing the best science we can along the way, but also keeping our eyes on that beautiful layered rock, " she said.
Listen to turn-by-turn directions from the inside of your motorcycle helmet, check your trail map from the handlebars of your mountain bike, plot your chart and find fish on your next boating trip, or steer clear of lightning strikes when flying your jet.
While a map easily identifies the many small and large mountain lakes, mostly unknown to tourists, I was keen to find the perfect one for a long-distance, open-air, cold-water swim.