{"id":54085,"date":"2023-12-01T23:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=54085"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:13:11","slug":"the-landscapes-of-the-planet-mars-that-were-captured-by-four-nasa-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/12\/01\/the-landscapes-of-the-planet-mars-that-were-captured-by-four-nasa-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"The landscapes of the planet Mars that were captured by four NASA vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the Moon, the planet Mars appears as a priority objective for exploration and as a future destination for a manned voyage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/18\/a-visual-tour-of-the-surface-of-mars-and-what-the-geography-of-this-planet-indicates\/\">A visual tour of the surface of Mars and what the geography of this planet indicates<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/08\/20\/phaethon-the-hypothetical-fifth-planet-that-has-never-been-found-between-mars-and-jupiter\/\">Phaethon, the hypothetical fifth planet that has never been found between Mars and Jupiter<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>In October we saw here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/18\/a-visual-tour-of-the-surface-of-mars-and-what-the-geography-of-this-planet-indicates\/\">a tour of the surface of Mars seen from space<\/a>, observing the traces that tell us what that planet was like in the remote past. <strong>Mars is famous for its reddish color seen from space<\/strong>, a characteristic that derives from the abundant presence of iron oxide on its surface, but seen from its surface, <strong>its arid landscapes that have a great resemblance to some desert places on Earth. <\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ElderFoxDocumentaries\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ElderFox Documentaries<\/a> published <strong>an interesting 4K video compiling images captured by four rover vehicles sent by NASA: Spirit (which landed on Mars in 2004), Opportunity (twin of the previous one, also 2004), Curiosity (2012) and Perseverance (2021). <strong>Some images of great beauty<\/strong> and that should serve as a stimulus for future missions to that planet:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mars in 4K: The Ultimate Edition\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vy_RPd0rblI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some of the landscapes that appear in the video:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53369648264_f1cd2ccf59_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellowknife Bay, in Gale Crater<\/strong>, which was visited by the Curiosity rover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53369648249_e8e0f7128a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons)<\/strong>, visited by the Curiosity rover (we see part of the vehicle below on the right).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53369785180_3ba1f8268d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Victoria Crater<\/strong>, on the plain known as Meridiani Planum. It was visited by the Opportunity rover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53369648254_a053925b90_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cape Verde, in the Victoria Crater<\/strong>, visited by the Opportunity rover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53368435332_9930d162db_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Santa Maria crater<\/strong>, visited by the Opportunity rover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53369335041_c3ae4ef192_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Namib dune<\/strong>, seen by the Curiosity rover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the Moon, the planet Mars appears as a priority objective for exploration and as a future destination for a manned voyage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,16878],"tags":[19957,20675,20674,20677,20676,1304],"class_list":["post-54085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-space","tag-mars","tag-mars-2020-perseverance-rover","tag-mars-curiosity-rover","tag-mars-exploration-rover-a-spirit","tag-mars-exploration-rover-b-opportunity","tag-nasa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}