pomarede, 11 days ago to Kurzgesagt

amazing shots captured yesterday by the Curiosity rover

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech - Sol 4197

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4197 #rover #CuriosityRover #Martian #landscape #photography #science #STEM #astrodon

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pomarede, 11 days ago to space

Wow check this out: the Martian rover Perseverance made a huge leap forward to reach its Sol 1162 location, right in the middle of Neretva Vallis, in the close vicinity of an island-like mound.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/

#Perseverance #Mars #Sol1162 #rover #PerseveranceRover #NeretvaVallis #Neretva #river #valley #NeretvaRiver #space #Astrodon #science #map #STEM

pomarede, 15 days ago to Kurzgesagt

Martian Cartography

Here is a 360° panorama captured by Curiosity at her current location, with North at center and South at both ends, on top of two large and small scale maps with her position.

There are many geological features in the panorama, can you find them in the maps?

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4193 #Cartography #Map #Geology #rover #CuriosityRover #GaleCrater #crater #AeolisMons #MountSharp #GedizVallis #Martian #landscape #valley #mountains #quiz #space #science #Astrodon #STEM

pomarede, 16 days ago to Kurzgesagt

Some freshly processed Martian vistas captured by Curiosity at her Sol 4191 location

May 21, 2024
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

with renewed thanks to @PaulHammond51 for his very useful advices and tips on Martian images!

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4191 #rover #CuriosityRover #space #Martian #landscape #rocks #science #STEM

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pomarede, 20 days ago to Astro

A beautiful interlacing of dunes and rocks for the new Mars Perseverance Raw Image of the Week

This image was acquired on May 17, 2024 (Sol 1152).

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZR0_1152_0769215060_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ

#Mars #Perseverance #Sol1152 #dunes #Martian #rock #rover #PerseveranceRover #NeretvaVallis #image #Astrodon #Space #science #STEM

pomarede, 22 days ago to Kurzgesagt

Craving for rocks with peculiar shapes? Mars will not disappoint.

Shot yesterday by the Curiosity rover

May 17, 2024 - Sol 4187
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4187 #rover #CuriosityRover #space #Martian #rock #rocks #photography #science #STEM #Astrodon

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pomarede, 22 days ago to Kurzgesagt

The Martian Art of sculpting and polishing a rock

Captured yesterday by the Curiosity rover.

May 17, 2024 - Sol 4187
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4187 #Art #Sculpture #sand #nature #artist #rover #CuriosityRover #space #Martian #rock #rocks #photography #science #STEM #engineering #Astrodon

pomarede, 24 days ago to space

How amazing is that? A Martian Dust Devil captured in Stereo3D by the Opportunity Rover, March 31, 2016 (Sol 4332)

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye

Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Opportunity #Mars #DustDevil #Sol4332 #rover #OpportunityRover #MERB #space #KnudsenRidge #MarathonValley #MeridianiPlanum #Martian #dust #devil #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #steoroscopic #photography #blackandwhite #Astrodon

pomarede, 26 days ago to Kurzgesagt

Wow 300 images captured by Curiosity to build a panoramic survey at her Sol 4175 location, ten days ago. This video show them at a rate of 10/second. It took about 50 minutes for the rover to complete this scan with her left mast camera.

Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4175 #rover #CuriosityRover #space #Martian #landscape #panorama #photography #science #STEM #engineering

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pomarede, 26 days ago to Kurzgesagt

Martian Memories

a Stereo3D view of Marker Band Valley, captured by Curiosity, 29-03-2023 (Sol 3783). Deepdale Hill at center, Gale Crater rim in the distance.

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Mars #Curiosity #Sol3783 #rover #CuriosityRover #space #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy #Martian #landscape #MarkerBandValley #valley #DeepDaleHill #hill #science #STEM #engineering #Astrodon #GaleCrater #crater

pomarede, 1 month ago to Kurzgesagt

Some Martian magic, from the Curiosity rover

Sol 4168 (April 27, 2024)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
With thanks to @PaulHammond51 for the assist on deBayered images!

#Mars #Curiosity #Sol4168 #rover #CuriosityRover #space #Astrodon #martian #magic #landscape #rock #rocks #science #STEM

pomarede, 1 month ago to Futurology

The loneliness of a Martian robot

Captured today by Perseverance
Credit image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #Mars #Sol1142 #Martian #robot #rover #space #loneliness #science #STEM #astrodon

pomarede, 1 month ago to space

Martian Memories

The Comanche and Algonquin outcrops, captured in Stereo3D by the Spirit rover, Dec 11, 2005 (Sol 689)

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye.

Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
With thanks to Michael Howard a.k.a. MidnightPlanets for his amazing archive of Martian raw images.

#Mars #Spirit #Sol689 #rover #SpiritRover #space #Martian #landscape #memories #3D #Stereo3D #stereoscopy #photography #science #STEM #astrodon

pomarede, 1 month ago to Kurzgesagt

Check out this Martian panorama, captured by Curiosity two days ago, on Sol 4174. It is made of 50 adjacent images, each 1328x1184 pixels. Let's go for some zooms👇

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

#Curiosity #Mars #Sol4174 #rover #space #Martian #landscape #panorama #images #photographies #science #STEM #Astrodon

pomarede, 1 month ago to blender

Martian geometry

The Perseverance rover acquired this stereoscopic view with her Left and Right Mastcam-Z science cameras on May 1, 2024 (Sol 1137).

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Mars #Perseverance #Sol1137 #Martian #geometry #rover #3D #Stereo3D #photography #photographies #stereoscopy #picture #pictures #image #images #Astrodon #Space #science #STEM #rock #rocks