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Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover – Photo stream updated daily!
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (June 28th, 2025):
Lunar Farside
From NASA: "Tidally locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its familiar nearside to denizens of planet Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon's farside can become familiar, though. In fact this sharp picture, a mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide angle camera, is centered on the lunar farside. Part of a global mosaic of over 15,000 images acquired between November 2009 and February 2011, the highest resolution version shows features at a scale of 100 meters per pixel. Surprisingly, the rough and battered surface of the farside looks very different from the nearside covered with smooth dark lunar maria. A likely explanation is that the farside crust is thicker, making it harder for molten material from the interior to flow to the surface and form dark, smooth maria."