While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day.
The resulting “postcard” is similar to past examples created with rover images, such as one taken in November 2021.
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Curiosity is in the lower foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain that sits within Gale Crater. Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory California.
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While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day. The first was taken on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time; the second was taken on Sep. 2, 2026, at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time.
After being sent back to Earth, the two images were merged together. The resulting “postcard” is similar to past examples created with rover images, such as one taken in November 2021.
Curiosity is in the lower foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain that sits within Gale Crater.
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