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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: 2025 July 15 B Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars
- APOD: 2025 July 6 B The Spiral North Pole of Mars
- APOD: 2025 June 29 B Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
- APOD: 2025 June 22 B A Berry Bowl of Martian Spherules
- APOD: 2025 June 15 B Two Worlds One Sun
- Perseverance Selfie with Ingenuity
- Deimos Before Sunrise