Belva Crater Mastcam-Z Mosaic (sol 772)
Posted by Jim Bell
[Note: The banner image and other views embedded in the text here are low-resolution 1/10th scale JPEGs, because the full-resolution versions of these mosaics would take a very long time to load on cell phones or tablets/laptops without high-speed internet access. For the full-resolution JPEG versions of this Mastcam-Z mosaic, in natural and enhanced color, and including a 3-D color anaglyph for red/blue glasses, click on the links near the bottom of this posting…]
This text is based on the NASA/JPL media release for this mosaic, online at https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9405/nasas-perseverance-rover-captures-view-of-mars-belva-crater
On mission sol 772 (April 22, 2023), Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover collected 152 images while looking deep into Belva Crater, a large impact crater within the far larger Jezero Crater. Stitched into a dramatic mosaic, the results are not only eye-catching, but also provide the rover’s science team some deep insights into the interior of Jezero.
Mastcam-Z was commanded to take the images of the basin while parked just west of Belva Crater’s rim on a light-toned rocky outcrop the mission’s science team calls “Echo Creek.” Created by a meteorite impact eons ago, the approximately 0.6-mile-wide (0.9-kilometer-wide) Belva crater reveals multiple locations of exposed bedrock as well as a region where sedimentary layers angle steeply downward.
Belva crater is named after a town in West Virginia (USA), which is itself named in honor of Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917), a US presidential candidate and early feminist.
This mosaic is featured in our Postcards from Mars series!
All eight versions of this mosaic are displayed below, and can also be viewed at the corresponding post in our Panoramas and Mosaics gallery.
[Note: The preview images embedded in the text here are low-resolution 1/10 scale JPEGs, because the full-resolution versions of these mosaics would take a long time to load on cell phones or tablets/laptops without high-speed internet access. Full-resolution PNG versions can be downloaded with the hyperlinks below each preview.]
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 RGB color anaglyph panorama, natural color (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye RGB color anaglyph panorama, enhanced color (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye BLUE channel anaglyph panorama (view high resolution PNG)
Left/Right eye RED channel anaglyph panorama (view high resolution PNG)
April 22, 2023