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PIA26410: Curiosity's View Within Gediz Vallis Channel
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama within Gediz Vallis channel on Sept. 21 and 22, 2024.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  Mastcam 
 Product Size:  29239 x 8234 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA26410.tif (483.2 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA26410.jpg (41.38 MB)  

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama within Gediz Vallis channel on Sept. 21 and 22, 2024, the 4,311st and 4,312nd Martian days, or sols, of the mission.

The panorama is made up of 341 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth. The color has been adjusted to match lighting conditions as the human eye would see them on Earth. Curiosity has since exited Gediz Vallis channel and is driving along its western edge, seen at center-left. A field of bright white sulfur stones is visible at center-right; this is where the rover made the first discovery of pure sulfur on Mars by driving over a rock and cracking it open to reveal the yellow crystals inside.

An interactive, annotated 360-degree video lets you explore the panorama.

Curiosity was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more about Curiosity, visit: science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2024-11-18