Mars 360: 1.2 billion pixel panorama of Mars - Sol 3060 (360video 8K)

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Martian Solar Day 3060: The Vastness of Time
1.2 billion pixel panorama of Mars bit.ly/sol3060
NASA's Curiosity rover captured high-resolution panorama of the Martian surface between Sol 3057 (Mar. 12) and Sol 3062 (Mar. 17, 2019). A version without the rover contains 136 images from 34-millimeter Mast Camera; a version with the rover contains 260 images from 100-millimeter telephoto Mast Camera. Both versions are composed of more than 396 images that were carefully stitched.
Humans minds don’t easily comprehend the vast eons of time that separate us from the places we explore in space with robots like Curiosity. Our minds are designed to think in terms of hours, days, seasons, and years, extending up to a duration of our lifetime and perhaps those a few generations before us. When we explore Mars, we’re roving over rocks that formed billions of years ago and many of which have been exposed on the surface for at least tens or hundreds of millions of years. It’s a gap of time that we can understand numerically, but there’s no way to have an innate feel for the incredible ancientness of the planet and Gale Crater.
Today, Curiosity is continuing our drill campaign at Nontron and preparing SAM to study the sample later this week. While that’s ongoing, Mastcam will take a sure-to-be-spectacular 360° mosaic and ChemCam will study the Mont Mercou cliff in front of us (as seen in this Navcam image), including a target called “Font de Gaume.” Font de Gaume cave in France is home to stunning paleolithic cave art of bison, reindeer, and other Ice Age wildlife painted 19-27,000 years ago. Even that length of time, at least 15,000 years before the pyramids were built in Egypt, is barely 0.0005% of the time back to when Gale Crater formed on Mars.
Scott Guzewich
Atmospheric Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Source images credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS
Stitching and retouching: Andrew Bodrov / 360pano.eu (bit.ly/sol3060)
Music in this video
Song: Gates Of Orion
Artist: Dreamstate Logic (www.dreamstatelogic.com)
#Mars360 #Video360 #360VR #Mars #Sol3060 #Gigapixel

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

The sun looks so much smaller. I love seeing these images. It also makes me appreciate our beautiful planet so much more. I hope humanity finds a similar place elsewhere (comparable in beauty, and with surprising life forms...)

[@nevwallace1523]

Anyone else wait for a video to start - then realise it's a still photo you need to move around with your mouse for the 360 view ?? lol

[@adaml7964]

Yup lol

[@TraditionalFaith]

💯

[@csbrprasad]

yes Hahaha

[@Mlarea1967]

Yo¡¡¡ jajaja

[@alex46215]

Nope

[@Totano84]

What kind of messed up childhood have the 9 people who disliked this video gone through??

[@5purnlad]

Flat Earthers; God Squadders?

[@Mlarea1967]

13 XD

[@metrotek5]

14 ... and for me, I don't need a thumbs up ... I need a little more. I need a love button... sounds weird, but you know what I mean lol

[@helenamorim1234]

in my country are pig spirits

[@ButtholeSalad]

I went to Mars once, and I was molested.

[@Yeabro555]

To think that we live in a time where we are seeing first hand photos from another world is just amazing (I know this isn't the first time). I cant wait to see where we will be in the next few decades with everything NASA and SpaceX has planned

[@poppya54]

Don't forget about chinese

[@giuseppematarrese1405]

They never went anywhere and never will.

[@adaml7964]

I'm curious why the rover itself is masked. That's not a camera occlusion zone. Some type of technology to hide from the public?

[@TomGignac71]

Intellectual property protection I suspect. It is definitely redacted for sure.

[@midclock]

It's very likely for that reason and /or to don't interfere with the images

[@Dream146]

This is wild, It'd be cool to see the Martian night sky at some point

[@chrislrenaud]

THIS

[@Desertpunk1986]

You just need to Google it my friend! It exists and it’s astonishing with zero light pollution.

[@6string42]

If you look close enough, you can see a Dollar General in the distance.

[@xAuireixYukireix]

Im astonished and scared at the same time

[@while.coyote]

Are there any night versions of these 360 panoramas? These are incredible! I feel like I'm right there exploring mars!

[@paulz1948]

The music was a distraction----Does the rover have mics on board ? Is there any sound at all on the planet other than wind? That would be eerie . Can you get an echo ?

[@sundaynightdrunk]

There are no microphones on Curiosity. Perseverance has several, and audio has been released. Just search "Perseverance audio" on youtube and you'll find it.

[@ctrl8ic]

Poor Curiosity, with a "broken shoe", but doesn't give up!

[@ablazetrogdormkii2647]

I saw that as well. At first I thought it was a shadow and looked closer.

[@trickrun]

Opportunity had a broken, really broken wheel and so it ran in reverse for a long time, years? and dragged the broken wheel that way.

[@susanmcconnell-sink5443]

Looks like the big rock is made up of sedimentary deposits!

[@MartaTerapiaIntegrativa]

Yes, indeed. Lake deposits, apparently.

[@djandressolano]

Water =)

[@IgorSalazar1]

Tanta historia para terminar en Los Monegros. :)

[@kmi203]

Cool sounding atmosphere too

[@markcorner5331]

Love it ... just like Galaxy Quest

[@lhm72052]

Sooo trippy!

[@kingkong1111100]

This is incredible.

[@OGKIL]

Really cool!

[@David-ij5vv]

That? Is CRAZY 😎 COOL

[@sanshine85]

Planet earth in 100 years

[@Luvn1989]

Wonderful

[@KiahLopez]

this is amazing

[@zarrkez]

Wow. Just wow....

[@Sawmhlubpag1]

The ground looks like a dried up lake/pond and the big boulder looks like there were water level receding there once.

[@marcoroyal9320]

Be in Awe.

[@skylarkstarsmith3926]

Very annoying ads - and no opportuinity to skip after 5 sec. :/

[@700kotchi]

Is it supposed to have a hole in one of it's tires?

[@phickert]

I thought the same thing.

[@williamharasym2607]

Amazing!

[@charlieholloway627]

Sedimentary deposits?!? There's a spot that looks like cross-bedding! Why am I the only one absolutely freaking about this?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@alessandrogasparri5983]

Fantastico

[@the.artist.donaldb]

Should have used Tangerine Dream’s Alpha Centauri

[@tommypeterson9043]

If I worked at NASA I would have photoshopped a creature way off in the distance

[@veronicathecow]

Could do with a few trees, some bushes etc (not red weed) to liven it up a bit.

[@jeffchastain2977]

is this what our planet will look like after we destroy it?

[@GreatgramaMcCormick]

How long you figure that rock's been up there? Rock will never die.

[@robinlazar4865]

I am awaiting the little martians to come up over the hills! (LOL)!

[@HoofFarted]

Wow!!!

[@from-Texas]

I see a Rockisaurus!

[@myeshko1]

No nieźle.

[@JaimeEscobarBoys]

Billones de dólares gastados para comprobar que Marte es igual al Desierto de Atacama? 🤔

[@aguaplanoblu9372]

Vedo solo il rover!!!!!!!!

[@andresmadrigal8094]

Hay una ave en la imagen....

[@slthbob]

Why is the rover masked off?

[@agatinocomis6554]

Ma quanto siete intelligenti mha

[@micheleambrosi7561]

Perché il rover è oscurato?

[@doubletroubletennis]

Somebody grade that boulder.

[@RiPubg]

wheels broken ?

[@mallolollo]

a bit...

[@yannl3282]

Réellement 2019? Les sol correspondent pas plutôt à mars 2021?

[@esepajaronegro]

I just want to hear what Robert Peternell has to say about all this. iykyk

[@antoniocordova1999]

Why is the rover censored?

[@videogameattic]

Probably don't want people to steal the design or something stupid.

[@colinire15]

To hide the driver :-)

[@C0pyPasta]

Unfinished cgi

[@jonasrehnman3856]

He's been alone on a planet for years, so the answer is quite obvious. He's naked and NASA is being a bud and censoring it out.

[@natloz760305]

That is my grandmother's tablecloth, not censoring. :D

[@sese6216]

Почему скрыли середину марсохода?

[@gomer6477]

It's probably broken

[@robertogarro3687]

Tatooine?🤔

[@DaniFigo7]

Ya se fijaron el el hoyo chiquito parecido al que hacen las hormigas o otros insectos? Miren alrededor de donde pisa el rover. Alimenta la fantasía :D

[@lorddamianposse]

Why the robot is covered with this layer, anybody knows? Just ouf of curiosity

[@natloz760305]

That is my grandmother's tablecloth.

[@ahmadalalwani5176]

I'm waiting to hear that dumb comment: "photos in space are so made up, that's why they're bad quality and b&w"

[@Troika6969]

is that so? then why i cant zoom in or out? eheeheh

[@anthonycimino9941]

I'm curious how we launched it 9 years ago and it has an 8k camera just like all the new phones today?

[@jenniferridgeway4574]

@@anthonycimino9941 this is how you land men in black at your door 🤣🤣🤣

[@ahmadalalwani5176]

​@@anthonycimino9941 fun fact: "today's" technology is not actually that modern. NASA and other advanced research associations have access to some technologies we, the public, have no idea they exist at this time.

[@Dream146]

@@anthonycimino9941 because there's a difference between what is possible to make and what is commercially viable. NASA can afford to spend $300K on a camera, most people can't.

[@Atom_Line]

Why Rovers are covered by a square-texture on many videos❔❓

[@Mars360]

Rover's team doesn't take photos of the rover itself every time, as this is not the main purpose of the research.

[@kivemmuort095]

@@Mars360 thats classic experts answer xD

[@leonidasnectarios]

Look all photo somewhere looks like worm nest

[@officialnataliaroldan]

it doesn't display 8K

[@Sarvar_2004]

😮

[@revlandon1]

I love Arizona!...jk :)

[@patriziamaodda9772]

Sbalorditivo😮

[@wellplayed6651]

Anyone else see curiosity In the back?

[@pariziu1]

on voit qu'il y a eu de l'eau sur mars il ya a très longtemps

[@oppikomusic]

so this is the area they believe that had water correct?

[@beaujames8267]

If you look closely you can see wall drug

[@Fiat90]

Depósitos en capas de sedimentos y erosión, todo muy similar.

[@GerardFreeman]

Earth 2090

[@tombpunk]

Behold the aftermath of the Teletubbies nuclear war.

[@guerinodifelice6341]

Qui scorreva acqua. Forse un fiume? Si vedono i vari livelli di erosione da scorrimento.

[@browniedriver]

I speeded this up to double speed and it made no difference.

[@1thcorg]

AND someone would want to live there why?

[@stevenhird1837]

Beats me.

[@DrJones20]

Scientific research

[@DrJones20]

@@stevenhird1837 Scientific research

[@kindralabus9569]

Oh wow its the grand canyon

[@DrJones20]

No it's Mars, not the grand canyon you silly

[@user-mu3vs2se4z]

بنظر میاد که اینجا کف اقیانوس باشه بر. روی مریخ.....درمیلیونها سال قبل ممکن در اینجا آب هم وجود داشته و اقیانوس هم بوده... اما اینها دور از ذهن بنظر میرسد....چرا که این فرضیه وجود دارد شاید یک سیاره مانند زحل که دارای رینگ هم بوده در چند میلیون سال گذشته با مریخ برخورد داشته و قسمت‌هایی از رینگ را از دست داده و اینچنین بروی مریخ سقوط کرده باشند....این فرضیه محتمل تر است..تا اینکه بگوئیم اقیانوس وجود داشته در مریخ....!!@

[@tomaszcison1421]

👍🏼💓🤗🤩☺️😍🥰😘🙃

[@ZachGreeley101]

Just think if aliens visited Mars they would think that Rover was a living creature 🤷

[@briantw]

Yeah cuz aliens more than likely aren't smart enough to know the difference between a machine and a lifeform.

[@ZachGreeley101]

@@briantw You have to think of it objectively. From the perception of the alien. They have never seen something like this before. You have to remember that our technology would be only familiar to us now, and into future versions of us. It would be the same as if we showed the rover off to someone living back in the 1500's. An alien species would be no different. The likelihood of their technology lining up with ours would be very slim. And it wouldn't be until they actually start to dissect it when they would realize that it's not living. But there would be a period of time in there where they would think they found a living being. And the same thing might happen to us in the future. What if we find something that we are unable to dissect for generations but to us it looks like its was alive, because we don't have the comprehension to understand their advanced technology.

[@paulz1948]

If they have the tech to "visit" Mars, chances are they would be advanced and already could have sampled our radio or other transmissions , and intelligent enough to have avoided contact with us .

[@marsabat]

@@paulz1948 You missed the point sir. We are not able to assume what "aliens" are or might be. Talking about "tech" is totally from a human point of view. What we call technology could easily be a messy mass of rubbish metals and other unknown substances to them. This is what we have on our planet to deal with. But aliens could come from a completely different environment, with 'alien' substances and ways to use them. They might even just be masses of energy who travel space-time at the speed of light and interpret what they see (or perceive) as something we cannot even imagine. We're used to think of aliens as they're depicted in sci-fi movies. And this is very unlikely to be the truth, given that other forms of life or intelligence do actually exist... And that they are actually perceivable by us, or us to them. An utterly fascinating subject...

[@thisismyscreenname996]

Looks like a dry lake bed in Canada. You know the one that people have been seeing the NASA trucks at. NASA Never a Stright Answer.

[@DrJones20]

Get educated

[@annaferrini9186]

Incantata

[@locgoblin3079]

yea that's Mars ....😂😂😂

[@DrJones20]

Cope harder

[@user-ml4ms6gx9q]

If you Turn 90° on the left it seems a Martian' s sfinge head..gira di 90 gradi a sx e sembra la testa di una sfinge marziana

[@hadassa19821]

Ci sarà un motivo se Dio ci ha messo sulla terra o no? Ai ricchi di questo mondo dico come ha detto GESÙ parlando ai ricchi e religiosi di questa terra dico: È più facile per un cammello passare attraverso la cruna di un' ago che per un ricco ereditare il Regno di DIO.Detto questo trasferitevi voi su Marte !!!

[@user-ug2jf4nr1u]

Beií...chiuií....daà,...terŕ ...

[@darrenboylan651]

Needs more women.

[@DrJones20]

no

[@williammccoll2118]

People believe this crap

[@angelosalinitro9964]

👍👍👍👍

[@attattebaio]

So boring , wher Is alien????