Sol 0955: Neretva Vallis Bright Angel Crater Rim Mastcam-Z Mosaic
Billions of years ago, water flowed freely on the Red Planet. Jezero Crater was once a lake filled with water that was fed by river channels carved into the rocky crater rim, like this mosaic, called Naretva Vallis, that was imaged by Mastcam-Z on October 27, 2023 – Perseverance’s 955th mission sol. After the early warmer and wetter Mars climate changed to today’s cold and dry one, all that is now left behind of this ancient river is the sandy and rocky channel and a dry lakebed. This view is looking upstream along Naretva Vallis. On its way subsequently to the crater rim, Perseverance drove parallel to this channel before descending into the channel itself and retracing the path where Martian waters once flowed. For scale, the U-shaped valley near the center of the photo is ~1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) away and approximately 350 meters (0.2 miles) across.
This mosaic is featured in our Postcards from Mars series!
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Natural & Enhanced:
Left eye color panorama, natural color (view high resolution PNG)
Right eye color panorama, natural color (view high resolution PNG)
Left eye color panorama, enhanced color (view high resolution PNG)
Right eye color panorama, enhanced color (view high resolution PNG)
Anaglyphs:
Left/Right eye RED channel anaglyph panorama (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye BLUE channel anaglyph panorama (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye RGB color anaglyph panorama, enhanced color (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye RGB color anaglyph panorama, natural color (view high resolution PNG)
October 27, 2023