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Curiosity's 360-degree Panorama of Gator Back Rocks on Greenheugh

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Perseverance Rover Looks West

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Curiosity's 360-degree View Atop "Mont Mercou"

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Video of the virtual map of Mars

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Video of the virtual map of Mars

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Video of the virtual map of Mars

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Perseverance’s Selfie With “Cheyava Falls”

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024, the 1,218th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. To the left of the rover near the center of the image is the arrowhead-shaped rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which has features that may bear on the question of whether Mars was home to microscopic life in the distant past. The small dark hole in the rock is where Perseverance took a core sample, which is now in a sample tube stored in the rover’s belly. The white patch to the right of the hole is where the rover used an abrasion tool to clear away the top surface, allowing science instruments to study the rock’s composition.
Measuring 3.2 feet by 2 feet and named after a Grand Canyon waterfall, Cheyava Falls lies at the northern edge of Neretva Vallis, an ancient river valley measuring a quarter-mile, wide that was carved by water rushing into Jezero Crater long ago.
The selfie is composed of 62 images taken by the WATSON - Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering, camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The images were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
WATSON is part of an instrument called SHERLOC - Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals. WATSON was built by Malin Space Science Systems - MSSS in San Diego and is operated jointly by MSSS and JPL.
The rover’s process for taking a selfie is explained in this video.
A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover is also characterizing the planet’s geology and past climate, which paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

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Curiosity's 360-degree Panorama of Gator Back Rocks on Greenheugh

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Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama on March 23, 2022, the 3,423th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The team has informally described the wind-sharpened rocks seen here as "gator-back" rocks because of their scaly appearance. Wind-sharpened rocks like these are called ventifacts, and are responsible for chewing up Curiosity's wheels earlie...

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Composed of 53 images, this mosaic looks west toward the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater on July 8, 2023, the 847th Martian day, or sol, of NASA's Perseverance rover mission. The rover's Mastcam-Z instrument captured the images when Perseverance was about halfway through a boulder field that was 1 kilometer wide. Arizona State University leads the operations of the Mastcam-Z instrument, working in c...

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama while atop "Mont Mercou," a rock formation that offered a view into Gale Crater below. The panorama is stitched together from 132 individual images taken on April 15, 2021, the 3,090th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The panorama has been white-balanced so that the colors of the rock materials resemble how they would appear under da...