Mars ‘Curiosity’ rover captures rare and stunning panorama
The Mars 'Curiosity rover was dispatched onto the fourth planet from the sun – and closest to Earth – on November 26th, 2011.
Mars screenshot from Celestia 3D astronomy program.(photo credit: VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
NASA’s ‘Curiosity rover sent a magnificent panoramic photo on Mars in honor of the rover’s tenth year on Mars. The photo was uploaded to NASA’s Instagram account last Thursday.
The stunning photograph is actually a composite of two separate
shots – both of which are black-and-white monochrome images – that were
taken at 8:30 AM and again at 4:10 PM and later colorized by NASA
scientists.
The
Curiosity rover was dispatched onto the fourth planet from the sun – and
closest to Earth – on November 26th, 2011. It was designed to explore
the "Gale" crater on the northwest part of the planet.
The Instagram post’s caption reads that the Curiosity rover was “thinking of you.”
“Keeping in touch with loved ones is important,” the postcard-style social media post added.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for a mission to study the Trojan asteroids in the outer solar system, launches from Pad-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 16, 2021. Picture taken with a long exposure. (credit: REUTERS/Thom Baur)
Images
captured by the rover are usually 360-degree shots that are sent back
to Earth in a comparessed, low-quality format, making this picture
particularly special. When the team piloting the rover saw the landscape
ahead of Mars mountain “Mount Sharp,” they climbed its 5-kilometer peak
and secured a unique view for the stunning landscape shot.
The photo was colorized in a way that represented the scene as
viewed at different times of day, as the blue, orange, and green tints
are not what the human eye would see, according to a statement by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Curiosity mission is led by NASA's
JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which is managed by the California
Institute of Technology (CalTech) in Pasadena, California.
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