Joy's Curiosity Sky Crane

My friend Joy Day did a painting (with help from a cat, shown in pix) of the final few feet of Curiosity's descent (at least the hoped-for descent).

Joy's Blog Post Including Glass Spaceships and Cupcakes

The illustration above is from one of the Mars Orbiters, credited to NASA, and it's sand dunes (barchans) in grayscale. Here is Curiosity in detail (note the person standing in back; Curiosity is the size of a large car). Photo is from Nasa/JPL via the Atlantic from a series back in November 2011.