The Mars Surface on a 1.8 billion pixel picture!

By Luke86 | Astrofacts | 2 Apr 2020


Between 24th of November and the 1st of December, Curiosity captured an huge Mars panorama

1000 images to take one of the greatest photo ever. Of course, the best of Mars, the Red Planet.

The Mars Science Laboratory, better known as "Curiosity", landed on Mars in October 2012 with the best ever scientific equipment ever mounted on an automatic rover. In 2018 it discovered organic molecules, formed by oxygen, carbon and hydrogen, in Aeolis Mons zone: surely the greatest discover ever made on Mars, suggesting the presence of life, in the past and, maybe, in present time.

This is a preview, you can see the full resolution image, clicking on it. Think about the original file image, at the highest resolution, has a 2.43 GB size!!

PIA23623_fig1.jpgCredits: NASA/JPL Caltech

 

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