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Perseverance Rover captures unique 'Blue Sunset' on Mars
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on October 8, 2023
The Perseverance Rover on Mars captured a unique sunset with a cool blue hue around the sun. Unlike Earth's sunset, Mars' atmosphere primarily composed of carbon dioxide interacts with iron-rich dust, scattering red light during the day and creating a red sky. However, during twilight, the red light disperses, revealing a cool...
Video credit: Rumble
Published on October 7, 2023 - 00:30
NASA’S Perseverance Rover’s First 360 View of Mars
This video shows the first 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars, as captured by the rover’s color Navigation Cameras, or Navcams. The Navcams are on the remote sensing mast (or “head”) of the rover. Perseverance possesses the most cameras of any Mars rover to date, with 19 on the rover. Perseverance landed on Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. These images were obtained on February 20, 2021.