This view of the western edge of Mars' Jezero Crater shows the steep crater rim, which stands roughly 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall. The view looks northwest from the southern edge of the crater. A blue icon shows Perseverance's general location as of Aug. 14, 2024, the 1,238th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover began its ascent of the crater rim on Aug. 27, 2024.

Perseverance will encounter slopes of up to 23 degrees (rover drivers plan routes to avoid slopes that would tilt the rover more than 30 degrees) on its way to summit at a place nicknamed "Aurora Park."

The high-resolution base map was created with images from the HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, while the broader color base map is from the High-Resolution Stereo camera on ESA's (the European Space Agency's) Mars Express. Color processing has been applied to both maps to highlight surface features.

The University of Arizona, in Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by BAE Systems, in Boulder, Colorado. JPL manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover is also characterizing the planet's geology and past climate, which paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

For more about Perseverance: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/