NASA’s Curiosity rover video shows new panoramic view of Mars

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a breathtaking panorama of the interior of Gale Crater, photographed by the Curiosity Rover. To celebrate the ninth of the Rover – ninth! – year of surveying the red planet, the clip shows where the Rover has been, where it’s going and what we’ve learned over the past decade. This includes the breathtaking fact that on a clear winter day, when there is no dust in the air, you can see almost 20 miles.

The panorama, as reported by Gizmodo, shows Curiosity’s journey on the side of Mount Sharp, and the detour he had to take to avoid a large patch of Martian sand. As the rover traveled sideways, the composition of the rocks changed from a base rich in clay to a base full of sulphide. As project assistant scientist Abigail Fraeman explains, researchers hope to find out a little more about how Mars lost its water (Gale Crater was a lake, after all) and how long it took before it only becomes the dry desert planet that we see before. we.