Late Afternoon on Mars
Explanation:
Shadows grow long near sunset in this wide panoramic view from the
Curiosity rover on Mars.
Made with Curiosity's navcam, the scene covers about 200 degrees
from north through east to south (left to right),
stitched together from frames taken by the
Mars rover on sol 2616.
That's
just
Earth date December 16.
Curiosity is perched on top of a plateau
on
Western Butte.
The distant northern rim of Gale crater is visible along the left.
Near center is
Central
Butte, already visited
by Curiosity.
On the right, the shadow of the rover seems to stretch toward the base
of Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp),
a future
destination.
The monochrome navcam frames have been colorized to
approximate the colors of the late martian afternoon.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
