SAN FRANCISCO, iNews.id – Rover Perseverance the size of a small car, but that didn’t stop the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from capturing its sights from orbit. HiRise’s MRO camera team shares new fantastic images.
The fantastic image shows the rover looking like a bright rectangle in the undulating Martian landscape. If you look closely, you can see some traces of the rover’s wheels, as quoted from Cnet.
“HiRise images like this allowed the rover team to choose the best route to reach their primary target and helped put rover observations in context at Jazero Crater,” said HiRise deputy principal investigator Shane Byrne.
The rover as seen in the image is 2,300 feet (700 meters) from the February landing site. Perseverance’s meandering route has taken him across 1.62 miles (2.61 kilometers) of Jezero Crater, an ancient lake bed. NASA lets you track your rover’s location with an interactive online map.
Editor: Dini Listiyani
