perseverance makes a significant contribution to providing data on the surface of Mars. As humans we tend to be very visual, one of the most worrying things is to know what the planet really looks like from its surface, and here is the latest image created from what was taken by the rover in high quality. show a picture that maybe someone will give them a feeling deja vu.

The US space agency is responsible for describing the image as the most detailed mosaic ever taken on the surface of Mars. In fact, it consists of an impressive number 2.5 billion pixels, combines a total of 1,118 images and occupies 3.85 GB of disk space in its original format, TIFF. Those who find the original format overkill have versions that take up less space in the same TIFF format or in the more standard JPEG, as well as a video posted on NASA’s YouTube.

Martian rocks can be seen around the rover in this image created from images taken by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera. On the other hand, it is also shows what was once a river delta located in the Jezero crater. Scientists believe that billions of years ago there was a river that flowed into the lake where rocks and sediments were deposited. The strongest hypotheses are that deltas should be the best places to find potential signs of some ancient type of microbial life, so the delta present in the Jerezo crater is, at least for now, Perseverance’s main target.

catches images were taken on June 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, 2022, which would be days 466, 467, 470, 471, and 474 of the supposed Martian calendar. Although the rotation period of Mars is similar to that of Earth at 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds, its orbital period is 687 Earth days, so the red planet takes approximately 1 year, 320 days and 18 hours to make a complete return. to the Sun.

In the future, NASA hopes to send more spacecraft in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) to collect sealed samples from the surface of Mars and send them back to Earth for further analysis. This of course means that the collected items will have to make a return trip. We leave you with a video showcasing the impressive mosaic created by the Perseverance rover.