Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Another beautiful Martian vista, made out of just a small segment of a larger, 80-images mosaic, captured yestersol by Perseverance from the Pico Turquino outlook, somewhere on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater. #Mars Nov....

Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 4 images Mars: red alert The Mastcam-Z team at Arizona State University has just released a new batch of 52 Martian sols of images, captured by the Perseverance rover, and treated with their beautiful color processing. Check out these...

Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 4 images Martian Marvels These freshly processed images by the Curiosity rover were captured on March 26, 2024 (Sol 4137) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk #Curiosity #Mars #Sol4137 #rover #CuriosityRover #Martian #rocks...

Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image 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:...

Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 3 images Some spectacular panoramas captured by the Martian rovers these past few days 1. Curiosity - Sol 4162 2. Perseverance - Sol 1130 3. Perseverance - Sol 1131 Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS &...

Daniel Pomarède (@pomarede@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Here is roughly where Perseverance was located when she captured these gorgeous stereoscopic panoramas, as seen with Ryan Kinnett's fantastic Rover 3D application: https://rkinnett.github.io/rover3d/ #mars #Rover3D...

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