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Monthly Archives: April 2014

LEGO timelapse: Building Curiosity

Posted on 18 April 2014 by Geoff

A quick timelapse of me building the Lego Cuusoo ‘Curiosity’ Rover. Or as NASA calls it, the Mars Science Laboratory.

The music is, of course, Mars, the Bringer of War from Holst’s The Planets. This is a public domain version, sped up by me.

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