Most (all?) of the pictures so far are from the hazard-cameras, which are used by Curiosity to make sure it doesn't fall off a cliff. (Or, less dramatically, t

Most (all?) of the pictures so far are from the hazard-cameras, which are used by Curiosity to make sure it doesn't fall off a cliff. (Or, less dramatically, to make sure it doesn't get stuck in some gravel.) The fact that the images are beautiful to us is just gravy.