Night and Day

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 22, 2021 (Sol 31) at the local mean solar time of 14:48:48. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

In the Shadow of the Galaxy

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 9, 2021 (Sol 18) at the local mean solar time of 17:08:49, and featured as “Photo of the Week” (March 7–13) on the NASA website. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Equation of time

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 8, 2021 (Sol 17) at the local mean solar time of 13:41:13. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Mars Sol Date (MSD)

The above is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 pictures taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission (February 21, 2021). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU.

Light Up the Sky

“Hello, World!”

NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars on Thursday, February 18, 2021 after a 292.5 million mile journey from Earth. The above is the first picture taken by the rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.