Rock Nest Panorama from Curiosity on Mars
Explanation:
This is Mars -- have a look around.
More specifically, this is one area picked for its
promise of holding clues to the
habitability of Mars to ancient life.
To better search for telling leads, the
robotic Curiosity rover
took a series of detailed images from a location called
Rock Nest.
Over 900 of these images were then composed into one of the
highest resolution images ever created of the red planet -- a
composite containing
over one billion pixels.
Shown above,
toward the middle of this
image mosaic, is
Mt. Sharp,
the central peak of the large crater where the
Curiosity rover landed and is currently exploring.
An interactive and zoomable version of this image is
available here.
Over the next few years,
Curiosity is scheduled
to
roll toward the peak of ancient
Mt. Sharp,
all the while keeping a lookout for distinguishing geological and chemical markers.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
