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Credit & Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Processing:
Elisabetta Bonora &
Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today
Explanation:
Before
Perseverance there was Curiosity.
In fact, the Curiosity rover accomplished the first sky
crane maneuver
touchdown on Mars on April 5, 2012.
March 2, 2021 marked Curiosity's 3,048th martian day operating
on the surface of the Red Planet.
This 360 degree panorama
from
sol
3048 is a mosaic of 149 frames
from Curiosity's Mastcam above the rover's deck.
It includes 23 frames of
icy, thin, high
clouds
drifting through the martian sky.
The cloudy sky frames were recorded throughout that martian day and
are digitally stitched together in the panoramic view.
Near center is a layered and streaked
Mont
Mercou.
The peak of central Mount Sharp,
rising over 5 kilometers above the floor of Gale Crater,
is in the distant background on the left.
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars - Martian Rover
Publications with words: Mars - Martian Rover
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
- APOD: 2024 June 5 Á Shadow of a Martian Robot
- 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