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title: "Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, transmits a \"picture postcard\" from the Red Planet."  
description: "\"Components from the early scenery in blue, the afternoon scene in orange, and a blend of both in green\" are included in the creative reconstruction."  
author: "Vallabha Buddepu"  
published: 2021-11-30  
updated: 2021-12-02  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/969/curiosity-nasa-s-mars-rover-transmits-a-picture-postcard-from-the-red-planet  
category: "space and research"  
tags: ["technology", "technology news", "space science"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, transmits a "picture postcard" from the Red Planet.

NASA's [Curiosity](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2198/long-awaited-salty-region-is-reached-by-nasa-s-curiosity-mars-rover) rover recently obtained two spectacular photographs from the side of Mars' Mount Sharp, which the mission team has now stitched [together](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80819/live-in-relationship-protecting-the-right-to-live-together), colored, and made a 'postcard' from Mars. On November 16, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. and 4:10 p.m. local Mars time, the rover recorded a 360-degree panorama of its surroundings.

The black-and-white [navigation](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/62/different-navigation-in-asp-dot-net) cameras were able to capture a range of [features](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12993/5-advanced-features-for-your-odoo-ecommerce-theme) of the location by photographing the terrain at two distinct periods.

[https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtAIB_tcBi/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=c7cd4bf5-8521-460f-8792-39408fa7c52c](https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtAIB_tcBi/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=c7cd4bf5-8521-460f-8792-39408fa7c52c)\

According to NASA, the artistic [reconstruction](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87398/the-fierce-struggle-for-ram-mandir-a-journey-from-destruction-to-reconstruction) of the two views contains '[components](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/74096/understanding-the-role-of-some-integral-ac-components) from the morning scene in blue, the afternoon scene in orange, and a blend of both in green.'

Mount Sharp, which stands around 5 kilometers tall, is in the middle of the photograph. Curiosity landed near this peak on August 6, 2012, and researching this area has been one of its key [scientific](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1571/surprising-scientific-facts-about-girls) missions since then.\

Curiosity discovered evidence for liquid on ancient Mars on the lower slope of Mount Sharp in 2017, suggesting that the old lake [environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/308/need-to-create-a-supportive-work-environment-for-women) may have provided favorable circumstances for microbial life. In 2019, the rover discovered evidence that the Gale crater on Mars formerly housed a lake and stream system. The image also shows rounded hills, fields of sand ripples [known as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35703/ricky-ponting-is-also-known-as-what) the 'Sands of Forvie,' and the 'Rafael Navarro Mountain.'

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