好奇号在火星的第3048天

2021年03月25日

Curiosity: Sol 3048
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech – Processing: Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today

Explanation: Before Perseverance there was Curiosity. In fact, the Curiosity rover accomplished the first sky crane maneuver touchdown on Mars on April 5, 2012. March 2, 2021 marked Curiosity’s 3,048th martian day operating on the surface of the Red Planet. This 360 degree panorama from sol 3048 is a mosaic of 149 frames from Curiosity’s Mastcam above the rover’s deck. It includes 23 frames of icy, thin, high clouds drifting through the martian sky. The cloudy sky frames were recorded throughout that martian day and are digitally stitched together in the panoramic view. Near center is a layered and streaked Mont Mercou. The peak of central Mount Sharp, rising over 5 kilometers above the floor of Gale Crater, is in the distant background on the left.

Tomorrow’s picture: serpentine

好奇号在火星的第3048天
影像提供: NASA/JPL-Caltech – 影像处理: Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today

说明: 好奇号是比毅力号早一世代的火星车。在2012年4月5日，好奇号进行了首次的天空起重机操作，并成功着陆在在火星上。因此2021年3月2日，是好奇号在火星上运转的第3,048天。这幅摄于第3048火星日的360度全景图，是由好奇号火星车甲板上的桅杆相机拍下的149张照片拼接而成。其中的23张照片，记录了飘过火星天空的冰寒高空薄云。这些记录白画不同时段天空的照片，后来经过拼接再整合入这幅全景图。在全景图的中央附近，可见到带着层状条纹的默寇山。而在左侧远方的地平线上，则有从盖尔坑底拔起超过5公里高的夏普山之峰顶。 （Mont Mercou 默寇山）

明日的图片: serpentine