The Mars rover took two sets of five pictures over 7 1/2 minutes, one set in the morning and one set in the afternoon of April 8, 2023, showing the back of the rover and its three sensors and a nuclear power source. According to NASA, the shots were taken as the rover climbed the foothills of the Gale Crater mountain, which is 3 miles (5 km) high.
NASA, which is part of the US government, shared a beautiful panorama of Mars on Tuesday that shows both the morning and afternoon views.
NASA says that the shots were taken as the rover climbed the foothills of the Gale Crater mountain, which is 3 miles (5 km) high.
NASA said that the Mars rover’s black-and-white guidance cameras took two sets of five separate pictures over 7 1/2 minutes, one set in the morning and one set in the afternoon of April 8, 2023.
The first picture was taken on April 8, 2023, at 9:20 a.m., and the second at 3:40 p.m., local time on Mars.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Doug Ellison, organized and analyzed the images.
According to Ellison, “The photographs were shot during the winter, when there is less dust in the air. This intensified the shadows. When there isn’t much dust, Mars’ shadows are sharper and deeper, but when there is a lot of dust, they aren’t as clear.”
The picture shows the back of the rover and shows that it has three sensors and a nuclear power source. The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD), which looks like a white circle in the lower right corner of the picture, has been helping scientists figure out how to protect the first humans sent to Mars from radiation on the surface of the planet.
The Mars rover took two sets of five pictures over 7 1/2 minutes, one set in the morning and one set in the afternoon of April 8, 2023. The first picture was taken at 9:20 a.m. and the second at 3:40 p.m., local time on Mars. The picture shows the back of the rover and its three sensors and a nuclear power source. According to NASA, the shots were taken as the rover climbed the foothills of the Gale Crater mountain, which is 3 miles (5 km) high.
The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) is helping scientists figure out how to protect the first humans sent to Mars from radiation.
