Perseverance Rover Zooms in on Ancient Mars River
NASA ID: JPL-20231227-M2020f-0001-Perseverance Rover Zooms in on Ancient Mars River
After 1,000 Martian days of exploration, NASA’s Perseverance rover is studying rocks that show several eras in the history of a river delta billions of years old. Scientists are investigating this region of Mars, known as Jezero Crater, to see if they can find evidence of ancient life recorded in the rocks. Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley provides a guided tour of a richly detailed panorama of the rover’s location in November 2023, taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument.
Composed of 993 individual images and 2.38 billion pixels, this 360-degree mosaic looks in all directions from a location the rover science team calls “Airey Hill.” Portions of the rover itself are visible in the scene, appearing more distorted toward the edges as a result of the image processing.
A color enhancement applied to the image increases contrast and accentuates color differences. By approximating what the scene would look like under Earth-like lighting conditions, the adjustment allows mission scientists to use their everyday experience to interpret the landscape. The view on Mars would be darker and more reddish.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS; ESA/DLR/FU-Berlin
Date Created: 2023-12-27
Center: JPL
Keywords: NASA , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , JPL , Mars 2020 , Mars , Rover , Perseverance , River , Lake , Delta , Jezero Crater , Samples , Rock Samples , Mars Sample Return , Red Planet , Robot , Robotic Exploration , Ken Farley , Airey Hill , panorama , Martian landscape , Mars guided tour
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