@NASA: The Sun is always rising somewhere. On the 4,982nd Martian day of its mission, our Curiosity rover captured this photo …
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NASA's Curiosity rover captured a stunning panorama of dawn breaking over wind-carved Martian yardangs on the mission's 4,982nd sol, offering the most detailed view yet of the distant cliffs.
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The Sun is always rising somewhere. 🌄
On the 4,982nd Martian day of its mission, our Curiosity rover captured this photo of dawn breaking over distant yardangs, jagged land formations carved by wind. https://t.co/OnNbMY921o https://t.co/toVcCJruDl
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-curiosity-rover-catches-stunning-martian-dawn/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=1017501065 A newly released panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up close. The scene was snapped at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time, showing striking blue hues in the foreground as bright morning light illuminates crags known as yardangs on the horizon.
The panorama was captured by Curiosity’sMastcamon Aug. 11, the 4,982nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission, and comprises six individual images that were stitched together after being sent to Earth. Unlike most of Curiosity’s Mastcam images, this one was processed without white balancing, preserving the early morning appearance.
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