Astronomy Picture of the Day - Video: Perseverance Landing on Mars

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 23 Feb, 2021 | Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, Mars 2020 Mission Team

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: What would it look like to land on Mars? To better monitor the instruments involved in the Entry, Decent, and Landing of the Perseverance Rover on Mars last week, cameras with video capability were included that have now returned their images. The featured 3.5-minute composite video begins with the opening of a huge parachute that dramatically slows the speeding spacecraft as it enters the Martian atmosphere. Next the heat shield is seen separating and falls ahead. As Perseverance descends, Mars looms large and its surface becomes increasingly detailed. At just past 2-minutes into the video, the parachute is released and Perseverance begins to land with dust-scattering rockets. Soon the Sky Crane takes over and puts Perseverance down softly, then quickly jetting away. The robotic Perseverance rover will now begin exploring ancient Jezero Crater, including a search for signs that life once existed on Earth's neighboring planet.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Are there fish in Central Park pond?.......................

[caww]

The red is caused by iron in the dirt. why it's often referred to as the red planet.

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The first high-resolution, colour image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover is seen after its landing on Mars. (Photo: Nasa)

[ETL]

Yes, and people are actually allowed to fish there, I think on a catch & release basis.

There are several decent-sized bodies of water in CP, namely, The Lake, The Pond, The Reservoir and a few others.

“The Lake and “The Pond”, BTW, are their actual names. Not very imaginative there.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It won’t be long! :)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thanks. (This I understood! Until they turn up the heat I do not think Mars will ever have a kudzu problem. :)