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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
JPL-Caltech,
MSSS,
ASU, NeV-T,
Perseverance Rover;
Processing & Copyright: Neville Thompson, Gigapan Zoom
Explanation:
What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human?
Then you might be the
Perseverance rover exploring
Mars.
Perseverance has been examining the Red Planet since 2021,
finding evidence of its complex
history of volcanism and
ancient flowing water,
and sending
breathtaking images across the inner
Solar System.
Pictured here in February of 2024,
Perseverance looks opposite the Sun and across
Neretva Vallis in
Jezero Crater, with a
local hill visible at the top of the frame.
The distinctively non-human shadow of the
car-sized rover is visible below center, superposed on
scattered rocks.
Perseverance, now working
without its flying companion
Ingenuity, continues
to
search Mars for signs of ancient life.
Processing & Copyright: Neville Thompson, Gigapan Zoom
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars
Publications with words: Mars
See also:
- APOD: 2024 December 3 Á Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
- APOD: 2024 November 10 Á Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- APOD: 2024 September 9 Á Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
- Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- The Shadow of Ingenuity s Damaged Rotor Blade
- APOD: 2023 November 7 Á A Martian Dust Devil Spins By
- Five Meters over Mars