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