"Mars hasn’t sprouted a nitrogen-and-oxygen atmosphere overnight. The image above is a crop from a panoramic mosaic made of images from NASA’s Curiosity rover, showing Gale crater’s central peak Mount Sharp (or Aeolis Mons, if you prefer the official moniker.) Don’t let the blue sky fool you though — the lighting has been adjusted to look like a sunlit scene on Earth, if only to let geologists more easily refer to their own experience when studying the Martian landscape."The present writer wonders? A prior post also shows blue Martian skies, "Martian Sky Is Blue."
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Friday, March 15, 2013
What Mount Sharp Would Look Like on Earth
Universe Today posts a fantasy what-if picture under title, "What Mount Sharp Would Look Like on Earth." Mt. Sharp, a three-mile high mount in Gale crater on Mars, appears under blue skies. The article reassures reader to avoid confusion below:
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Mt Sharp: Postcard From Mars
Curiosity, NASA's latest Mars rover, successfully landed in Gale crater, earlier this week. The Mars rover already sent back a postcard perfect picture of Mt. Sharp (picture, left). Mt.Sharp rises 18,000 ft above Martian surface. A comparison provided (picture, right) shows Mt. Sharp would inspire if located on Earth as it towers higher than Mt. Rainier. The NASA team will learn to operate SUV-sized Mars rover for next 90 Martian days, according to WashPO story.
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