Recent pics from NASA’s Curiosity rover showcase a stunning sunrise and blue afternoon sky simultaneously on Mars.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for more than a decade now—diligently traversing the unexplored landscape to collect soil, rock, and air samples for researchers on terra firma. Occasionally, it gets to dabble in its other hobby:A great example is one of its most recent pics, showcasing a stunning sunrise and blue afternoon sky simultaneously on Mars.
While the visuals are certainly captivating, the image was originally in black and white—with coloring added later by an Earthbound artist. The blues of the image help the yellow of the rising sun pop on the left hand side of the pic. Meanwhile, two rocky hills—Bolivar and Deepdale—rise up dramatically in the center right of the image.
Eagle eyed viewers can also see the tracks left behind by the SUV-sized rover embedded into the martian soil. “Capturing two times of day provides dark shadows because the lighting is coming in from the left and the right, like you might have on a stage—but instead of stage lights, we’re relying on the sun,” Curiosity engineer Doug Ellison of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.
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