Mars Science Lab Outbound Animation

Paramount ME, C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10XME, -10° & binned 3x3. 5-30" exposures at 10 minute intervals through clear filter. FOV 9' x 9' (cropped from the original ~18' x 26') 2011 NOV 27 1046-1129 UT. MSL was about 288,000 km away at the start of the sequence and about 297,000 km at the end. North is up, east to the left.