The Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of zoomable color cameras, returned 142 images of its landing site on Mars. The teams at NASA have stitched them together to create the instrument's first 360-degree panorama.
The Perseverance rover has had a chance to settle in on Mars since landing last Thursday, so it's doing what every new resident does these days -- sending back photos of its new home.
In this case, it's a steady stream of amazing imagery from another planet. The rover's Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of zoomable color cameras, returned 142 images of its landing site on February 21. The teams at NASA stitched them together to create the instrument's first 360-degree panorama. This is the first high-definition look at Jezero Crater, the site of a 3.9 billion-year-old dry lake bed where the rover will search for signs of ancient life over the next two years.
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