Curiosity captures a dawn panorama of Martian yardangs
NASA says the rover’s six-image Mastcam panorama, taken Aug. 11, shows wind-carved cliffs on Mount Sharp without the usual white balancing.
- NASA says the images were captured at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time on Curiosity’s 4,982nd sol.
- The yardang layer extends about 10 miles (16 kilometers) across Mount Sharp’s northwestern reaches, according to NASA.
The panorama offers a detailed view of terrain that NASA says mission scientists are eager to study.
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NASA says Curiosity captured the panorama with its Mastcam on Aug. 11 and that six images were stitched together after transmission to Earth. The agency says the images were processed without the usual white balancing to preserve the early-morning appearance. NASA describes the yardangs as wind-carved crags in a layer on Mount Sharp, where the rover has been ascending since 2014.
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NASA says Curiosity captured a six-image dawn panorama showing wind-carved yardangs on Mount Sharp, terrain mission scientists are eager to study.
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Curiosity captures a dawn panorama of Martian yardangsNASA
NASA says the rover’s six-image Mastcam panorama, taken Aug. 11, shows wind-carved cliffs on Mount Sharp without the usual white balancing.NASA
NASA says the images were captured at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time on Curiosity’s 4,982nd sol.NASA
The yardang layer extends about 10 miles (16 kilometers) across Mount Sharp’s northwestern reaches, according to NASA.NASA
The panorama offers a detailed view of terrain that NASA says mission scientists are eager to study.NASA
NASA says Curiosity captured the panorama with its Mastcam on Aug. 11 and that six images were stitched together after transmission to Earth.NASA
The agency says the images were processed without the usual white balancing to preserve the early-morning appearance.NASA
NASA describes the yardangs as wind-carved crags in a layer on Mount Sharp, where the rover has been ascending since 2014.NASA