By: pencilnev
Image: GIGAPAN BY ED TRUTHAN
License: Copyright, All Rights Reserved

Uploaded: 13 May 2021
Last Updated: 13 May 2021

285 megapixels
84,218 x 3,383 pixels
280.7 in X 11.3 in at 300dpi

Here is the 360 degree view at "Rocknest" in Gale Crater, Mars, stitched together from 270 individual 1200x1200px frames shot between Sols 64 and 72 (October 10th to 24th, 2012) by by the Mastcam 100mm camera aboard NASA/JPL's Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity". The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are almost three months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life. For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , http://www.nasa.gov/mars and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl Image credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) / Ed Truthan