
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama within Gediz Vallis channel on Sept. 21 and 22, 2024, the 4,311st and 4,312nd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. The panorama is made up of 341 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth. The color has been adjusted to match lighting conditions as the human eye would see them on Earth. Curiosity has since exited Gediz Vallis channel and is driving along its western edge, seen at center-left. A field of bright white sulfur stones is visible at center-right; this is where the rover made the first discovery of pure sulfur on Mars by driving over a rock and cracking it open to reveal the yellow crystals inside. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26410
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November 18, 2024
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