Mars as never seen before: NASA's Curiosity rover reveals a stunning panorama

Daily Mail ^ | 2 February 2018 | Joe Pinkstone and Tim Collins

[mairdie]

An incredible panoramic view sent from the surface of the red planet has been created using images taken by the Mars Curiosity rover.

It reveals the landscape of one of our closest galactic neighbours, which has been home to the exploratory vehicle since it landed in Gale Crater in 2012.

One of the on-board cameras captured 16 separate scenic images that show various points on its journey, as seen from the top of the Vera Rubin Ridge, which were then stitched together to form the sweeping image.

Thanks to some clever visual effects that give the scene a blue hue, rather than the distinctive rusty red normally associated with Mars, the vista takes on a strangely familiar appearance to earthling eyes

[mairdie]

[rlmorel]

Love it!

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Can’t fool me - that’s Utah!

[Chainmail]

Looks like 29 Palms. Great place for an artillery shoot

[Paladin2]

Lotsa Nevada looks pretty much like that.

[struggle]

Yeah, basically Route 66 from Baghdad east

[commish]

Sheila Jackson Lee is searching the panorama for the flag the astronauts planted.

[SkyDancer]

Nope, Arizona.

[mairdie]

Rare 'super blue blood moon' not seen for more than 150 years stuns skygazers around the world

[from occupied ga]

sky is the wrong color previous mars photos showed sky with a pink tinge

[Little Pig]

The old “pink sky” pictures were colorized incorrectly. The new pics in this thread are closer to what it really looks like.

[rjsimmon]

Was thinking the EXACT same thing.

[mairdie]

The most detailed model of our universe ever created: Stunning simulation showing 13 BILLION years of evolution could unlock the secrets of our cosmos

The most detailed model of the universe ever created has been unveiled by computer scientists.

Dubbed 'Illustris: The Next Generation', or IllustrisTNG for short, the computer model boasts never-before-seen levels of details about the forces at work in the universe.

Scientists say the detail and scale provided by the advanced computer simulation has enabled them to observe how galaxies form, evolve, grow, and trigger the creation of new stars over 13 billion years.

[mairdie]

Puppy Bowl to feature shelter dogs from hurricane ravaged areas like Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas this year - and a SLOTH will make an appearance as referee's assistant

[Daffynition]

Stunning.

Thank you for this beautiful thread Mary. Humbled by God’s Creation.

[mairdie]

PING

[mairdie]

I think we should be humbled by you. You are a most marvelous part of creation.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Did someone park the Mars rover over by my house?

[mairdie]

Maybe it’s like one of those tech bikes. Find it and you can use it. Just keep looking.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

You park that thing on res land and the Tohono Odom police are going to confiscate it.