Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2021 February 26
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                           Mars Perseverance Sol 3
           Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech, [5]MSSS, [6]ASU

   Explanation: [7]Stitched together on planet Earth, 142 separate images
   make up this 360 degree panorama from the floor of Jezero Crater on
   Mars. The high-resolution color images were taken by the
   [8]Perseverance rover's zoomable [9]Mastcam-Z during mission sol 3,
   also known as February 21, 2021. In the foreground of Mastcam-Z's view
   is the car-sized rover's deck. Broad light-colored patches in the
   martian soil just beyond it were scoured by descent stage rocket
   engines during the [10]rover's dramatic arrival on February 18. The rim
   of 45 kilometer-wide Jezero Crater rises in the distance. In the coming
   sols, [11]Perseverance will explore the ancient lake-delta system in
   the crater, hunting for signs of past microscopic life and collecting
   samples for potential future return to planet Earth.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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    Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([26]UMCP)
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                A service of: [29]ASD at [30]NASA / [31]GSFC
                           & [32]Michigan Tech. U.

References

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   3. https://www.nasa.gov/
   4. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
   5. http://www.msss.com/
   6. https://mastcamz.asu.edu/
   7. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25640/mastcam-zs-first-360-degree-panorama/
   8. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
   9. https://mastcamz.asu.edu/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210223.html
  11. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25537/exploring-majestic-jezero-crater-illustration/
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210225.html
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  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210226
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210227.html
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  25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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