Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2021 March 25
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                             Curiosity: Sol 3048
   Image Credit: [3]NASA/JPL-Caltech - Processing: [4]Elisabetta Bonora &
                     Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today

   Explanation: Before [5]Perseverance there was Curiosity. In fact, the
   Curiosity rover accomplished the first [6]sky crane maneuver touchdown
   on Mars on April 5, 2012. March 2, 2021 marked Curiosity's 3,048th
   martian day operating on the surface of the Red Planet. [7]This 360
   degree panorama from [8]sol 3048 is a mosaic of 149 frames from
   Curiosity's Mastcam above the rover's deck. It includes 23 frames of
   [9]icy, thin, high clouds drifting through the martian sky. The cloudy
   sky frames were recorded throughout that martian day and are digitally
   stitched together in the panoramic view. Near center is a layered and
   streaked [10]Mont Mercou. The peak of central [11]Mount Sharp, rising
   over 5 kilometers above the floor of Gale Crater, is in the distant
   background on the left.

                       Tomorrow's picture: serpentine
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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

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2103/sol3048curiosityBonoraFaccin.jpg
   3. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory-curiosity-rover-msl
   4. https://twitter.com/EliBonora
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210226.html
   6. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14839.html
   7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/51049546816/
   8. https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/?order=sol+desc%2Cinstrument_sort+asc%2Csample_type_sort+asc%2C+date_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=0&mission=msl&begin_sol=3048&end_sol=3048
   9. https://earthsky.org/space/how-meteors-create-mars-clouds
  10. https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8893/sols-3062-3063-adjusting-the-lighting-on-mont-mercou/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130427.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210324.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210325
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210326.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  32. http://www.mtu.edu/