2012 year in review: Curiosity, Romney, Phelps, Sandy and more
NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada-Flintridge celebrate the landing of the rover Curiosity on Mars. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
The space shuttle Endeavour squeezed through L.A. on its way to its final home at the California Science Center. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Hurricane Isaac hammered the Gulf Coast with torrential rains and wind gusts of 100 mph. Homes in Braithwaite, La., were submerged. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press )
Fires sparked by Superstorm Sandy destroyed more than 100 homes in the Breezy Point section of New York. (Mike Groll / Associated Press )
The Waldo Canyon wildfire in June was the most destructive in Colorado history in terms of homes lost. (Galon Wampler / Associated Press )
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Singer Whitney Houston died in February in Beverly Hills, causing an outpouring of commemoration. Her name was the most-searched Google term for the year. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)
Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in February. (Martin Family / Associated Press)