The images for panorama obtained by the rover s 135-400mm Mastcam-Z camera. The mosaic, which stretches about 30,000 pixels width, includes 143 images taken on Sol 3 (February 21, 2021).
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet on Feb 18. It was the rover’s second panorama ever, as the rover’s Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, also located on the mast, captured a 360-degree view on Feb. 20.
Mastcam-Z is a dual-camera system equipped with a zoom function, allowing the cameras to zoom in, focus, and take high-definition video, as well as panoramic color and 3D images of the Martian surface. With this capability, the robotic astrobiologist can provide a detailed examination of both close and distant objects.
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The Perseverance rover has had a chance to settle in on Mars since landing last Thursday, so it s doing what every new resident does these days sending back photos of its new home. In this case, it s a steady stream of amazing imagery from another planet. The rover s Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of zoomable color cameras, returned 142 images of its landing site on February 21. The teams at NASA stitched them together to create the instrument s first 360-degree panorama. This is the first high-definition look at Jezero Crater, the site of a 3.9 billion-year-old dry lake bed where the rover will search for signs of ancient life over the next two years.
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The Mars rover has already taken tens of thousands of images of the Red Planet despite touching down only one week ago on February 18. Among the rover s first images were snapshots of its nail-biting landing sequence and an up close look at Jezero Crater s rusty brown features. But a new gem has emerged from more than 140 individual images taken on the mission s third day (Sol 3) last Sunday, February 21.
The Mars pictures were stitched together into a 360-degree panorama of Jezero Crater, revealing in crisp detail what the alien landscape looks like.