NASA's Curiosity rover captures sunrise-to-sunset video on Mars

He Curiosity rover of Pot Interesting post Time Lapse Video It shows the 12-hour period of a day tuesday. This material was captured by cameras Hasgames In the black and white of the rover, its silhouette was revealed curiosity Moving on the surface of Mars. The recording was carried out on November 8, 2023, the equivalent of the mission's 4,002nd sol. tuesdayIt has slightly longer days than those on Earth.

A video model called “Curiosity's 12-hour view of Mars“(View tuesday 12 hours curiosity), consists of a sequence of images taken during 24 hours, 37 minutes and 22 seconds of the Martian day, specifically from 5:30 AM to 5:30 PM local time. tuesdayPublished as FoxNews. Among the revealed videos, one shows the valley Mount SharpWith the rover and its shadow Robot arm At sunrise it stands about 2.1 meters out.

The Irregular appearance The photographs are the result of 11 years of accumulation Martian dust In camera lenses. About Rover dimensions, which is 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide and 2.1 meters high. In one of the paintings lack of timeA small black spot was briefly observed, which disappeared, and the result was explained Cosmic ray impact Camera sensor.

When these snapshots were taken curiosity was stable during Solar conjunction of tuesdayInstructions for documenting these images were part of the last commands sent to the rover before docking, at the time the sun Located between land And tuesdayexplained Pot In reports collected by NDTV.

In the period Mars Sun ConjunctUsed where commands to rovers were limited due to difficulties in communication Hasgames For these captures. Official account Curiosity rover He shared the above video on social media X, and: “Look, I am a sundial! Well, not exactly, but I was able to enjoy my surroundings.

He Curiosity rover of Pot Launched in November 2011 and landed in August 2012 curiosity Traveled approximately 32 kilometers tuesday And collected more than 1.1 million images. Its purpose is to stand out in evaluation Past habitat of Gal pitPreviously considered a A dry lake. Throughout its journey, the rover acquired 39 soil samples Scientific analysisLooking for clues about the possibility tuesday There will be a house Microbial life.

This audiovisual document not only provides impressive visuals of the Red Planet but also aids in the study of it Martian weather and dustImportant aspects to better understand the context of the fourth planet The Solar System and project Future tasks.