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The Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z instrument has shared the first high-definition look at its landing site in Jezero Crater in the form of a 360-degree panorama, stitched together from 142 images.
Mars rover Perseverance shares first 360-degree panoramas of Mars and they re stunning Sebastian Kettley
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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.
NASA releases Mars landing site panorama taken by Perseverance rover
The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance.
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This NASA photo shows images from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover of its new home in Jezero Crater (Photo | AFP) By AFP
WASHINGTON: The US space agency NASA released a spectacular panoramic view on Wednesday of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars.
The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance.