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The Mars rover Curiosity delivers fascinating images of the red planet again and again. The latest recordings could easily serve as a photo motif for the first postcard from Mars.

The Mars rover Curiosity always delivers impressive pictures. (Photo: Evgeniyqw / Shutterstock)

The Mars rover Curiosity has been exploring the red planet in our solar system for eleven years. Since 2014 he has focused his attention on Mount Sharp. Here he was able to make numerous discoveries.

Curiosity is currently located in the Marker Band Valley, a valley in the foothills of the 18,000-foot mountain. Here he also came across a dried-up river course that dug through the dark layer of rock.

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The valley offered a picturesque panorama for the rover, which it also captured in several photographs. Using its navigation camera, which takes photos in black and white, Curiosity photographed the view once at around 9:20 a.m. and once at 3:40 p.m. local time. NASA scientists have now colored the images to create a stunning image of the planet that merges the two images together.

Color gives shots a whole new charm

Visible on the horizon in the image is the rim of Gale Crater, a 144-kilometer-wide rock structure where Curiosity landed in 2012. The blue sky is in the morning shot, while the yellow sky is in the afternoon shot. Doug Ellison, an engineer on the Curiosity team, compared this effect to the different atmospheres in national parks at different times of the day in an official statement from NASA.

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The fascinating images of the Curiosity rover are a powerful reminder of the ongoing scientific research that takes place far from our world. They allow us a glimpse of the landscapes of Mars, which continues to represent an exciting and promising voyage of discovery for humanity.

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The Rover Curiosity has just published a sublime image of Mars. This panorama is enough to make us want to visit the Red Planet as soon as possible.

The conquest of Mars is on the program. But it’s neither tomorrow nor the day after that the average person will be able to set foot on the Red Planet. While waiting for the first astronauts to settle, orbiters scan its surface while Rovers criss-cross some of its craters, searching for ancient traces of extraterrestrial life. Among these Rovers, there is in particular Curiosity, which regularly shares images of Martian landscapes with us. And his latest shot takes us on a journey.

The Rover Curiosity, this genius photographer

Curiosity is a real twitto. This robot, which has a selfie taken on Mars as a profile pic, regularly taunts us with its photos, which it posts frequently on Elon Musk’s social network.

Of course, this gives the most whimsical Internet users the opportunity to overinterpret any of his shots. We remember, for example, the story of the “alien door”, which set the Web on fire, or that of the “book” found on the Red Planet.

But today, it’s not about alien civilizations or literature. The Curiosity photo is just…pretty.

A panorama taken at two different times

The photo taken by Curiosity is a panorama, which has a small peculiarity: it is in fact a montage of two photos dated April 8, one taken in the morning at 9:20 a.m., the other in the afternoon at 3:40. The blue side represents morning, while the yellow side represents afternoon.

But why take such a shot? Mainly for aesthetic reasons, as NASA engineer Doug Ellison points out:

“Anyone who has ever been to a national park knows that the scenery is not the same in the morning as it is in the afternoon. (…) Shooting at two times of the day produces dark shadows because the lighting comes from the left and the right, like on a stage – but instead of stage lights, we rely on SamaGame.”