PIA24661: Curiosity GIF Shows Drifting Clouds Over Mars' Mount Sharp


Curiosity GIF Shows Drifting Clouds Over Mars’ Mount Sharp

Caption:

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This GIF shows clouds drifting over Mount Sharp on Mars, as viewed by NASA's Curiosity rover on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Each frame of the scene was stitched together from six individual images.

Background Info:

The rover captured the images using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam. A division of Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built the Curiosity rover and manages the Curiosity rover for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more about Curiosity: mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/ and nasa.gov/msl .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Instrument Host Curiosity Rover
Host Type Rover
Instrument Mast Camera (MastCam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2021-05-28
Date in Caption 2021-03-19
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24661
Identifier PIA24661