By . Thomas Durante and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:28 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:33 EST, 29 May 2013 . An amazing time-lapse video has squeezed the Mars Curiosity rover's nine-month mission into just one minute of viewing. The incredible clip is the work of Karl Sanford, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who claims that it's his first time making such a video. Downloading the raw images from the Curiosity website, Sanford arranged the photos from the rover's front left hazcam and into an MPEG format. He uploaded the video to YouTube on May 22. Start: The incredible time lapse video begins with just a faint shadow of the Mars Curiosity rover in the early days of its mission in August 2012 . Surface: The terrain of the red planet is seen in one of the images taken by Curiosity . Built to amaze: The incredible clip is the work of Karl Sanford, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who claims that it's his first time making such a video . Mr Sanford also includes a link that provides the code he used to make the clip on GitHub.com. His video has been making the rounds on social media, and even Curiosity itself posted the YouTube link on its official Twitter account. Since then, it has gotten about 227,000 hits on the video-sharing site. Curiosity landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, and has spent its time investigating and analyzing the landscape and geology of the red planet. Leaving a mark: Curiosity's own tire tracks are seen in this image from the rover's mission on Mars . Dig: An arm containing some of Curiosity's tools is seen on the surface of the planet . Internet sensation: The video has been making the rounds on social media, and even Curiosity itself posted the YouTube link on its official Twitter account . Last week, the rover used a drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called 'Cumberland.' The sample is now being examined in Curiosity's on-board laboratory. In March, data from Curiosity revealed that a rock located near the Gale Crater landing site contains all the chemical ingredients necessary for microbial life, the over-arching goal of the planned two-year mission. Scientists are eager for additional information about the rock sample, which was drilled out from what appears to be a slab of bedrock in an area known as Yellowknife Bay. After back-to-back computer problems, the . six-wheel Curiosity rover, seen in this self-portrait, has resumed its . science experiments . An image captured by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity revealing interesting internal color in . this rock which was broken by Curiosity when it drove over it . They have identified sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon - some of the key chemical ingredients for life - in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed. The $2.5billion rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6 to assess if the planet most like Earth has or ever had the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life. Scientists eventually plan to drive the rover to a 3-mile (5-km) high mound of what appears to be layered sediment rising from the floor of Gale Crater.
Time-lapse clip created by Karl Sanford of Grand Rapids, Michigan, using images from the rover's website .
He uploaded video to YouTube on May 22, and it has nearly 227,000 views .
Curiosity landed on Mars in August 2012, and has been investigating the landscape of the red planet and analyzing rocks .
By . Thomas Durante and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:28 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:33 EST, 29 May 2013 . An amazing time-lapse video has squeezed the Mars Curiosity rover's nine-month mission into just one minute of viewing. The incredible clip is the work of Karl Sanford, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who claims that it's his first time making such a video. Downloading the raw images from the Curiosity website, Sanford arranged the photos from the rover's front left hazcam and into an MPEG format. He uploaded the video to YouTube on May 22. Start: The incredible time lapse video begins with just a faint shadow of the Mars Curiosity rover in the early days of its mission in August 2012 . Surface: The terrain of the red planet is seen in one of the images taken by Curiosity . Built to amaze: The incredible clip is the work of Karl Sanford, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who claims that it's his first time making such a video . Mr Sanford also includes a link that provides the code he used to make the clip on GitHub.com. His video has been making the rounds on social media, and even Curiosity itself posted the YouTube link on its official Twitter account. Since then, it has gotten about 227,000 hits on the video-sharing site. Curiosity landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, and has spent its time investigating and analyzing the landscape and geology of the red planet. Leaving a mark: Curiosity's own tire tracks are seen in this image from the rover's mission on Mars . Dig: An arm containing some of Curiosity's tools is seen on the surface of the planet . Internet sensation: The video has been making the rounds on social media, and even Curiosity itself posted the YouTube link on its official Twitter account . Last week, the rover used a drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called 'Cumberland.' The sample is now being examined in Curiosity's on-board laboratory. In March, data from Curiosity revealed that a rock located near the Gale Crater landing site contains all the chemical ingredients necessary for microbial life, the over-arching goal of the planned two-year mission. Scientists are eager for additional information about the rock sample, which was drilled out from what appears to be a slab of bedrock in an area known as Yellowknife Bay. After back-to-back computer problems, the . six-wheel Curiosity rover, seen in this self-portrait, has resumed its . science experiments . An image captured by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity revealing interesting internal color in . this rock which was broken by Curiosity when it drove over it . They have identified sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon - some of the key chemical ingredients for life - in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed. The $2.5billion rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6 to assess if the planet most like Earth has or ever had the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life. Scientists eventually plan to drive the rover to a 3-mile (5-km) high mound of what appears to be layered sediment rising from the floor of Gale Crater.
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