Space & Astronomy

Curiosity captures 360-degree Mars panorama

By T.K. Randall
August 22, 2016

Image: Curiosity Rover
Credit: (PD) NASA/JPL-Caltech via Wikimedia Commons Created from dozens of separate images joined together, this breathtaking vista is so familiar in appearance that it could have easily been mistaken for a desert landscape here on the Earth.Captured back at the beginning of the month, the view shows eroded mesas and buttes along the planned route up Mount Sharp which is where the rover will be heading over the coming months.

Join me on #Mars amid Murray Buttes. #360video best on PC or @YouTube app https://t.co/yhP65Vl23u #JourneyToMars pic.twitter.com/yFUjeqQmvw

— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) August 19, 2016

A 360-degree video ( on which you can click and drag to look around ) can be viewed below.


Source: USA Today

Tags: Mars, Curiosity